Sing the Word Hope in Four-Part Harmony
Maybeshewill Lyrics

We are young, confident, affluent, and with no memory of tougher times
We are privileged, having grown up in an era of financial growth, with no experience of hardship.

We’ve grown up in an era of never-ending financial growth
We’ve grown up in a time where money seems to be constantly flowing.

And expected things to stay that way
We’ve become accustomed to this lifestyle and assume it will never change.

We’ve grown up in owner-occupied homes
We’ve been raised with the idea of the American Dream- owning a home, and have seen it become a reality.

With total acceptance of technology, global warming and terrorism
We fully embrace and understand the impact of technology, climate change, and global security threats.

Our whole society has been based on consumerism for the past fifteen years
Our society has focused on the acquisition of goods and wealth for the last fifteen years.

Making us dream consumers, yet we don’t know the difference between a credit card And a debit card, and we have no idea how much a pint of milk costs
Although we want to consume, we lack the basic knowledge around money management and everyday expenses.

On average we have eight hundred illegally downloaded songs, and one in eight of us Spends more than one hundred pounds a month on our mobile phone bill
We prioritize our personal entertainment over financial responsibility.

We’ve never read a newspaper, and we’ve never used our chance to vote
We lack interest in current events and choosing our leaders.

We allow our governments to make decisions without giving us all the facts
We trust our politicians without demanding full transparency.

They send troops abroad who will die
Our leaders send young people to fight wars and potentially die.

In order that we can steal resources from the people who have them
We go to war in order to gain access to resources we desire.

People who meant us little or no harm until we invaded their country
We justify our invasion of other countries, even though they pose little threat to us.

We allow those troops to commit horrendous atrocities
We turn a blind eye to the atrocities our troops commit in war.

And yet our leaders hang our alleged enemies for much less
Our leaders punish people for small offenses while allowing major offenses by our own troops.

We’ve spent years entrusting our futures to our parents, our governments The banks and the corporations who have continually lobbied for their own interests
We’ve trusted our future to those who prioritize their own interests over ours.

And we’ve let them make selfish decisions
We’ve allowed our leaders to make choices that negatively impact us.

That have left our society teetering on the edge of ruin
Our society is on the brink of collapse due to these choices.

We’re blinded from the information that would really shock us
We’re shielded from the events and information that would truly shock us.

By stories of sex and sleaze which doesn’t make the smallest difference to our lives
We're preoccupied with trivial news stories that don’t impact us directly.

And so we have no desire to do anything about the things that really do
We lack the motivation to address the real problems that affect us.

We’ve watched as greed wipes billions of the world’s stock markets Destroys jobs and lives
We’ve witnessed the negative effects of greed on the global economy and personal livelihoods.

And proves that capitalism is just as corruptible by human nature as communism
We’ve seen that any political or economic system can be corrupted by selfishness.

These are tough times but we seek solace in our friends and co-conspirators
Although the times are hard, we rely on each other to cope and move forward.

We make small differences in each other’s lives, and dream that we can make real progress
We hope that our small actions together can make a lasting impact.