Old News

First a blade, then a bow, then a bullet, then a bomb
Is the fourth generation where it all went wrong?
From loading muskets, to machine guns
To counting down the missile launch
Did the heart grow more wicked
Or did science just march on?

Old news
There’s nothing new beneath the sun
It’s the same ancient story in a modern forum
Old news
A different face to the same problems
Becoming more efficient at our own corruption

The suggestion turned to shouting, turned to shoving, then a brawl
Convictions collided with the cultural wall
Take a band-aid, then a bandage
And a brace for the fall
’Cause last time the fig leaves
Were no help at all

And it’s old news
There’s nothing new beneath the sun
It’s the same ancient story in a modern forum
Old news
A different face to the same problem
Becoming more efficient at our own corruption

It’s always been an issue of the heart
That bleeds its way into every body part
It’s always been the human birth mark
Ain’t no surprises here
Just scars

And old news
Still nothing new beneath the sun
It’s the same ancient story in a modern forum
Old news
A different face to the same problem
Becoming more efficient at our own corruption