Erik Petersen
Anti-Lullaby
We are bouncing and dancing as you sing your lullaby

Shouting "move" when you say "stay"

The tune of your flute is a rifle you shoot

That lays us all down to be brave

They love you we hate you

They made you we break you today

Breaking away

We are painting the walls

Making jokes out of laws

Hiding sleeping pills under our tongues

Shut the light, close the door, we spit them to the floor

Then we are humming and strumming and a' banging on drums

What did you know when you said we are wasting away?
How could you say?

How could you say we just waste away, waste away?

Big table not big enough

How could you say we just waste away, waste away?

Humming and strumming and banging, a' banging on drums

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

We will not be lulled into slumber by you

We will not be lulled into sleep

For we've had a taste of this wondrous place

And it's treasures we intended to keep

We will not be lulled into slumber

We will not be lulled into sleep

For we've had a taste of this wondrous place
And it's treasures we intended to keep

For we've had a taste of this wondrous place

And it's treasures we intended to keep

So now when they say we just waste away, waste away

You can say "Hey it's not so"

Why is it then that we're growing, and growing, and growing

And growing and showing them all what we know?

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

We will not be lulled into slumber by you

La-dadada

For we've had a taste of this wondrous place

La-dadada

We will not be lulled into sleep
For we've had a taste of this wondrous place

And it's treasures we intended to keep

For we've had a taste of this wondrous place

And it's treasures we intended to keep