Losers

A will to win big Streaked tears of elation Triumph Succeed at all coasts because no one loves a loser No one loves a loser But who shall endure the crippling pain of defeat? With the über-beings gone See the begging bowls of losers No one loves a loser No one loves a loser Urging home the best of the best Golden reward a third world debt That's the trouble: Short-term vision, glitz and pomp Achievement? What achievements? A finishing line where the crippled foot the cost No one loves a loser Souls discarded to build a dream Dust in the lungs of bristling machines Jingoistic Natural order resumed and on show Paymasters demand lavish diversions to sweeten the show No one loves a loser Souls discarded to build a dream Dust in the lungs of bristling machines The victory is fleeting, the endurance long Losers If it's not bombs, it's welfare-stripping spoils Of (another kind of) war Losers Souls discarded Souls discarded to build a dream A generation pays, in full for what? Losers A refilling of a pit so bottomless Losers Souls discarded Souls discarded to build a dream Losers