lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home

lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home



i've struggled to get near it to backwards engineer it

but all i find is a smoke and mirror game

the recondite monopolise the airwaves

till all believe there is no other way



and this is how we live our lives our opium is televised

till finally they watch us fade away



our lifeless generation is going to the wall

a languid demonstration of daze before a fall

a preconceived condition imagined long ago

but will we ever know all that lies below



they'll print it on the front page to synthesise an outrage

but all we find is a decoy once again

duplicity and trickery surround us

till all believe there is no other way



and this is how we fall asleep their opium is running deep

till finally they watch us fade away



our lifeless generation is going to the wall

a languid demonstration of daze before a fall

a preconceived condition imagined long ago

but will we ever know all that lies below



waiting to play are we the pawns in this game

paving the way watching the kings make their claim

martyrs and spies although we don't realise

falling away under the watch of their eyes



this is the way we've chosen to be

this is the road that we go down

as clear as the day but still we don't see

we'll only know when it's over



lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home

lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home



and this is how our nation died our opium has satisfied

and finally they watch us fade away



our lifeless generation is going to the wall

a languid demonstration of daze before a fall

a preconceived condition imagined long ago

but will we ever know all that lies below