Go, or: XI's Remedy to His Own Unwillingness to Attend to the Needs of His People
Interim in Terra, track 4
the energy you're wasting with your bickering
would be better spent against our common foe
but most of you are clearly not cut out for that
and the rest of you will march to let them know
a few of you are willing to murder for your cause
but i'm not interested in watching you destroy yourselves
so i'll just go
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i have advisors who advise me about problems
and i hear about them every single day
we've got a terrorist, a war and people banging at our door
some saying say 'use them'
some saying 'throw them all away'
but when it's time to solve these problems
i can't bring myself to care
so i distract myself with something
i pretend that they're not there
and they go
----
but tomorrow and tomorrow and the next day and the next
they will remain
and every moment i pretend that we're not moments from the end
i spend in vain
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i won't pretend i ever cared for this place anyway
my apathy will never be outdone
i won't defend as if the king, i will not sacrifice a thing
i will not hesitate
i will not hesitate to run
but indifference is more harmful than a leader who you fear
i'm not malevolent, for sure, and i would
rather be anywhere than here
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so for now, let's all pretend this is democracy
i'll step down on my own
because my thoughts are intersecting with your voices
at a single point alone
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i have no reason not to wish you all the best
because as certain as i am that as a people you'd be damned
there must be one of you
who could guide the rest to greatness
when i go
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the legacy is over; my inheritance is lost
and i am free
and i will wander unaccosted in the desert
being who i want to be
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xi, this is not what you were born for
so walk away
so walk away
xi, this is not what you were born for
that's what they say
that's what they say
and i read you loud and clear
i'll walk away