The Great Realisation
Tell me the one about the virus again, then I'll go to bed
But my boy, you're growing weary, sleepy thoughts about your head
Please, that one's my favourite, I promise just once more
OK, snuggle down my boy, though I know you know full well
This story starts before then in a world I once would dwell
It was a world of waste and wonder, of poverty and plenty
Back before we understood, why hindsight's 2020
You see, the people came up with companies to trade across all lands
But they swelled and got much bigger than we ever could have planned
We'd always had our wants, but now it got so quick
You could have anything you dreamed of in a day and with a click
But my boy, you're growing weary, sleepy thoughts about your head
Please, that one's my favourite, I promise just once more
OK, snuggle down my boy, though I know you know full well
This story starts before then in a world I once would dwell
It was a world of waste and wonder, of poverty and plenty
Back before we understood, why hindsight's 2020
You see, the people came up with companies to trade across all lands
But they swelled and got much bigger than we ever could have planned
We'd always had our wants, but now it got so quick
You could have anything you dreamed of in a day and with a click