The Blankest Cheque Lyrics

Grim specter you keep throwing my way
Threat of the endless other keeps empathy at bay
This isn't me.
I wanted the most for the greatest (whatever they call that now)
They wanted it all for the few & they got it somehow

Settlers in denial, amusing ourselves to death

The Blankest check we ever wrote
they cashed with a populist noose tightening around our throats
as we laughed detached at our favorite show
this time knowing right where it's going -
The camps go up, the borders slide
& there's no place on earth to hide anymore
We let it through the door
it turned ‘round and sealed it off
Now the gap it creeps, our doubles speak
We pick a side, devolve to tribes
and lose all sight of the greater fight

"You're gonna to be so tired of winning."