Skew Left
When did we get so puritan ?
When did we lose our common sense ?
When did we get so keen to ban,
And get so keen to take offence ?
Why did we frown and lose our humour ?
Why did we break our self-made laws ?
Why did we credit ev’ry rumour,
Just as long as it helped our cause ?
A lie was told,
A line was crossed –
And this is how the left was lost.
We used to be the peace-and-love brigade,
We used to be on your side.
We used to be so unafraid,
So when did we grow so terrified ?
Now we’ve become the rage-and-shun regime,
The ones with the hate-filled mouths –
We loathe you almost as much, it would seem,
As we secretly loathe ourselves.
Our bleeding hearts
Have turned to frost –
And this is how the left was lost.
When did we give up on forbearance ?
When did we grow so paranoid ?
When did we all become our parents ?,
Overwrought, not overjoyed.
We’ve bought into the capital con
Where individuals demand respect,
With all sense of community gone
For a constant “I object !”.
We won our place,
But at a cost –
And this is how the left was lost.
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