Future Now - Peter Hammill

Here we are static in the latter half
Of the twentieth century
But it might as well be the Middle Ages
There'll have to be some changes
But how they'll come about foxes me
I want the future now
I want to hold it in my hands
All men equal and unbowed
I want the Promised Land
But that doesn't seem to get any closer
And Moses has had his day
The tablets of law are an advertising poster
Civilisation here to stay
And this is progress You must be joking
Me I'm looking for any kind of hope
I want the future now
I want to see it on the screen
I want to break the bounds
That make our lives so mean
Oh blind blinded blinding hatred
Of race s*x religion colour country and creed
These scream from the pages of everything I read
You just bring me oppression and torture
Apartheid corruption and plague
You just bring me the rape of the planet
And joke world rights at the Hague
Oh someday the Millennium
But how far is someday away
I want the future now
I'm young and it's my right
I want a reason to be proud
I want to see the light
I want the future now
I want to see it on the screen
I want to break the bounds：
Make life worth more than dreams
Yeah wake up the planet