This Is The World Of The Theater - The New Pornographers

Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed Take a look at all the suffering we breed So many lonely faces scattered all around Searching for what they need Is this the world we created? What did we do it for? Is this the world we invaded Against the law? So it seems in the end Is this what we're all living for today? The world that we created You know that every day a helpless child is born Who needs some loving care inside a happy home Somewhere, a wealthy man is sitting on his throne Waiting for life to go by Oh-oh, is this the world we created? We made it on our own Is this the world we devasted, right to the bone? If there's a God in the sky, looking down What can he think of what we've done To the world that He created?

Yes, a heart will always go one step too far Come the morning and the four corners, I see What the moral of the back story could be Come with me, go places And a heart will always stay one day too long Always hoping for the hot flashes to come For the glue to dry on our new creation Come with me, go places Come head on, full circle Our arms filled with miracles Play hearts, kid, they work well Like classics, play aces Stay with me, go places Once more for the ages Yes, a heart should always go one step too far Come the morning and the day winding like dreams Come the morning, every blue shade of green Come with me, go places Come head-on, full circle Our arms filled with miracles Play hearts, kid, they work well Like magic, play aces Stay with me, go places Once more for the ages Come one now, come all ye This story breaks free here Tales from the back pages From somewhere, Encina Deus ex machina Good morning, Christina Come head on, full circle Our path blocked but sure we'll Make records, then set them Make copies, win races Stay with me, go places Once more for the ages

Before I knew to choose the music of celebrity I sang backups on the backstairs, the backstairs, the backstairs I wore a groove sneaking around the servants' quarters so So I knew my way around the back stairs There is another west you'll find out It's nearly thunderous There is another west, much wilder You feel it under us and yet another west, the new one where you are I moved so slow, I didn't know that I was backing up It was getting backed up on the backstairs, the backstairs, the backstairs And I came and I saw and I ran and I won And I came and I saw and I ran and I won And I came and I saw and I ran and I won And I came and I saw and I ran and I won There is another west you'll find out It's nearly thunderous There is another west, much wilder You feel it under us and yet another west, the new one where you are Another west, the new one where you are Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs (And I came and I saw and I ran and I won) Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs (And I came and I saw and I ran and I won) Taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs, taking the backstairs (etc.) (I knew my way around the back stairs)