Wasteland Lyrics

I doh know

I wish somebody would hypnotise me now

To help me understand what was in my head when I was 15

Because when I was 15

I thought everybody over the age of 30 should just lie down in a coffin

And leave me alone

I didn't know it would happen to me and I'd become 62

Because I didn't know

I didn't even know what I wanted to be

I knew I could draw

And people said I could be an artiste but I didn't know what that was

So I had a lot of anger and a lot of confusion and a lot of alienation

I suppose I was distracted by trying to be cool

But I don't even know how successful I was at being that

I remember sometimes trying to think about wether there was a thing called a future or not

But it seemed empty it seemed like nothing

Like when I said what's the future it seemed like blank

And I suppose that had a lot to do with the fact that the way the society defined the future

And the way the future was taking shape

Were irreconcilable

You know like

I just couldn't get it

I mean I couldn't even articulate it

And I'm not even sure I trust what I'm saying now

Yeah

You know what I mean cause I'm much more articulate now I'm older

I have a future now

I still have a future I think

But back then

Living in Trinidad at that time

It didn't feel like you know

Everything felt like nothing

Right

But

Trinidad in fact

What's weird now

Is when I think of some of the things I've accomplished or done

I almost feel like pinching myself

Because I try to remember what it felt like then

But then I suppose it's just a repeating narrative

Every young person gets frustrated by the present