I've seen the future
Things I didn't want to see
I've seen the future
And I know what's going to be
I've seen the future! I've seen the future! I've seen the future!
Don't think the struggle's over
Don't think the race is won
You know I've seen the future
And the fight has just begun
I've seen the future. I know what's going to be
I've seen the future. It's genocide
I've seen the future
Seen the violence on the streets
Killing countless people for the colour of their skin
I've seen the future, and they can't tell right from wrong
They just do what they want to and the law is in the gun
I've seen the broken families
The crowds with not enough to eat
The famines and catastrophes
The wars on trivialities
The ranks of starving refugees
An end to our society
The anomie and anarchy
It's much too bad, you can't believe
The numbness of the children stunned like zombies in a state of shock
Trying to believe the world we've left for them to save
I've seen the future and it's not a place to be
They know the planet's dying so they might as well be dead
If your dark eyes could see the shadows in the glass
The forces you can't comprehend, the outstanding debt we have to pay
People will look back and say they got what they deserved
Like when Nero played the violin and watched the city burn
You'd change the way you live today
If you could see how it's going to end
But wise words disappear in the noise of today
Like tears falling in the rain
The stars are going to fall
I've seen the future