Blind Leading the Blind

Goals turned toward consumption, away from the way we think More concerned about what's in our pockets than the water that we drink Apathy increasing where skepticism once prevailed Ignorance covering the youth like a bride's white veil It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time In our politics and our schools Now's the time to wake up before we end up fools Convenience is the rule in life from day to day Reduction of ambition is becoming the way Education lowers its standards in an attempt to be fair Lack of encouragement causes students not to care It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time In our politics, and our schools Now's the time to wake up before we end up fools Wake up and smell the coffee, separate the fiction from the fact Look at the world today, and you'll see it's time to act Changing one's actions is certainly a start But only if the change comes truly from the heart It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time In our politics, and our schools Now's the time to wake up before we end up fools