View from the Sky - Audio Rebel & Demarco

The big corner office A twelve-person team A slick leather chair The American dream My mom used to clean ritzy places like these With their overpriced art And their walls of degrees Well, now it's all mine With my name on the door A big, fancy desk on the 38th floor Look at the girl who did right At the height of a hard-won career What could surpass Giant windows of glass Framing miles of blue That's the view from here That's the view from here They say, "Climb the ladder, no matter the cost" But nobody tells you how much can get lost That decent and hopeful young woman you were Well, you wake up one day, and you wonder What happened to her? That woman was made to see good in each heart But now she gets paid to pull people apart And, I mean, hey, look at me MVP, Employee of the Year Well, maybe, I guess that this looks like success But it doesn't feel true That's the view from here That's the view from here I could keep doing oppo Keep digging up dirt Pretend I don't care when nice people get hurt Block out the guilt that I'd have to ignore For a raise, as I rise to the 39th floor Or, I can walk out this door And defiantly quit There's a line you can't cross And I think this is it Oh, maybe I haven't lost sight of what's right No, it's perfectly clear At the end of the day Words are easy to say But it looks like the walking away Is a little bit harder to do That's the view from here

Anticipation has a habit to set you up For disappointment in evening entertainment, but Tonight there'll be some love Tonight there'll be a ruckus, yeah Regardless of what's gone before I want to see all of the things that we've already seen I wanna see you face the jack— And of course it's fancy dress And they're all looking quite full on In bunny ears and devil horns and oh Anticipation has a habit to set you up For disappointment in evening entertainment, but Tonight therе'll be some love Tonight thеre'll be a ruckus, yeah Regardless of what's gone before I want to see all of the things that we've already seen I wanna see you face the jackpot out the fruit machine And put it all back in You've got to understand it You can never beat the bandit, no And she won't be surprised and she won't be shocked When she's pressed the star after she's pressed unlock And there's verse and chapter sat in her inbox And all that it says is that you've drank a lot And you should bear that in mind tonight (Bear that in mind) Yeah, you should bear that in mind tonight (Bear that in mind) And you can pour your heart out but her reasoning will block Owt you send her after nine o' clock, come on Anticipation has a habit to set you up For disappointment in evening entertainment, but Tonight there'll be some love, ah Tonight there'll be a ruckus, yeah Regardless of what's gone before And she won't be surprised and she won't be shocked When she's pressed the star after she's pressed unlock And there's verse and chapter sat in her inbox And all that it says is that you've drank a lot And you should bear that in mind tonight (Bear that in mind) Yeah, you should bear that in mind tonight (Bear that in mind) And you can pour your heart out around three o' clock When the two-for-one's undone the writer's block, woah Thanks very much for having us, everybody And thank you for supporting War Child I've got just one more question for you

A chasm grows With the cavity of serpentine teeth (serpentine teeth) Hunger pain strike For the sweet feast of innocent blood Of innocent bloodshed, now here we go The vampires feed on the wars of mankind The vampires feed on the wars of mankind Growing fat on the throne of an empire Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire I've opened up my eyes Seen the world for what it's worth Tears rain down from the sky They'll blow it all to bits To prove whose god wields all the power Fire rains down from the sky The gaping wounds Hemorrhaging the blood from which they feast Eat us alive Consume to feed a hunger with no A hunger with no end, let's fucking go The vampires feed on the wars of mankind The vampires feed on the wars of mankind Growing fat on the throne of an empire Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire I've opened up my eyes Seen the world for what it's worth Tears rain down from the sky They'll blow it all to bits To prove whose god wields all the power Fire rains down from the sky This battle's not the same which they have led us to believe A synthesis of propaganda, terror and deceit We are the cattle, they the slaughter, our meat: gasoline They pump us through the machine's valves To cleanse the world's "disease" We are the ammunition that will cause all life to cease Annihilate All those who stand in their way Obliterate They'll rain their holocaust down from the sky The vampires feed on the wars of mankind The vampires feed on the wars of mankind Growing fat on the throne of an empire Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire I've opened up my eyes Seen the world for what it's worth Tears rain down from the sky They'll blow it all to bits To prove whose god wields all the power Fire rains down from the sky Annihilate All those who stand in their way Obliterate They'll rain their holocaust down from the sky