Future Tense Lyrics - Singles - Sanctuary

What do you see on the news when you watch TV 

War in the name of God, or a playground killing spree 

Politicians promise you the world and a preacher cries 

All he ever wanted was your money and a bitch on the side 

What went wrong? Did society twist him? 

What do you see in the center of the public eye 

Rock stars on smack, and a serial killer fries 

Radicals blame suicide and murder on our from of art 

Brainwash the youth, you know they claim, we all play a part 

What a shame that, they can't think for themselves 

Past tense to future tense, let history unfold 

So ends a decade now, what will the nineties hold? 

You know we're verging on the edge of an age 

Then another century will turn the page 

What do you think they will say when they look back on this? 

Were the eighties just a time of spoiled innocence? 

We leave our legacy like dust in the sands of time 

Let's hope the seeds we plant can carry the weight of our crimes 

Past tense to future tense, let history unfold 

And when we're old and gray, these stories will be told 

You know we're verging on the edge of an age 

Then another century will turn the page 

We sail an ocean, a sea of doubt 

Skeptics make no sense, can't work things out 

I'll choose optimism, scream its name 

Look to the future, a burning flame 

Past tense to future tense, let history unfold 

So ends a decade now, what will the nineties hold? 

You know we're verging on the edge of an age 

Then another century will turn the page, turn the page