It all began with the bright light
The bright light and the noise
The chaos of the senses and the scream of desireTouching and being touched
A million loose ends to tie up
Ticking of the clock and the cradle rockThe colours stand still
And then they move around
Comin' in and out of focus upside downEmpty winter trees
How space feels
Love of the soft ... the flowers and the skyOne fine day
The chaos subsides
Bleeds into awareness
And a lifetime of surpriseThe beauty of your mothers eyes
The pain when you fall
You drink it in and marvel at it all
But you never really figure it outYou get used to itThe babble of the family
And the dumb TV
Roar of the traffic and the thunder of jetsChemicals in the water
Drugs in the food
The heat of the kitchen and the beat of the systemThe attitude of authority
The laws and the rules
Hit me square in the face, first morning at schoolThe heroes and the zeroes
The first love of my life
When to kiss and to kick and to keep your head down
When they're choosing the sidesI was never any good at it
I was terrified most of the time
I never got over itI got used to itAlone in the city at seventeen
With the hollow and the lonely
The drowning and the drowned
I was made to feel worthless
The wretched and the mean
Beat me up like a weapon I can't run away from or find a way roundHoldin' on, holdin' onThe greed and the missiles
Exploding somewhere every day
Hideous dark secrets under the sea and in holes in the groundThe cold war's gone
But those bastards'll find us another one
They're here to protect you, don't you know?
So get used to it
Get used to it!The clash of religions
And the loaded prayers
Information
The face of starvation and the state of the nationThe sense that it's useless
And the fear to try
Not believing the leaders, the media that feed us
Living with the big lieYou get used to it
Get used to it!
It's okay, I got used to it
Songwriters
KELLY, MARK/ROTHERY, STEVE/TREWAVAS, PETER/MOSLEY, IANPublished by
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