I'm The State Of The World

I'm The State Of The World

‘Can you write a song of agony? The state of the world?

I can’t go to sleep, I’m watching the news’

The state of the world, my dear: we’re falling apart

The soup of the world in words: I’m terrified

When the world stopped listening I was a small girl

In my own world, you see

When the world stopped listening I put my anchor down

In a storm and I drowned

I was hiding from myself until I saw the tar in my heart

I found my answer: I’m the state of the world

But what do I know?

‘Can you write a song of destiny? A state of the world?

Wars are waging out there, wars are waging in here’

The state of the world, my dear: we’re falling apart

The soup of the world in words: I’m terrified

When the world stopped listening I was a small girl

In my own world, you see

When the world stopped listening I put my anchor down

In a storm and I drowned

I was hiding from myself until I saw the tar in my heart

I found my answer: I’m the state of the world

But what do I know?

Stubborn like a mule, virtues of a fool

The tar in my heart

I found my answer: I’m the state of the world

But what do I know?

© Lila Tace

Written, performed & produced by Lila Tace