Saw the news in the afternoon 
Another war will be coming soon 
Man ripped up like a piece of paper 
With his wife looking on and no-one to help her 

Hammill says we're still in the dark ages 
With people's greed and hating rages 
The world don't learn so the world will burn 
The world will burn 'cause the world don't learn 
The world don't learn so the world will burn 
The world will burn 'cause the world won't learn 

Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again 
Such a messed up world we're living in today 
Thank God for the rain 
Maybe it'll wash that scum away 

Streets ain't safe in this town no more 
Girl get hassle at her front door 
Violence rising out of hand 
We can't bring the kids up in this land 

Getting mugged on your way home 
By youths with masks and knives they own 
How long will it be 'til they got a gun? 
Shoot you down just like a dog for fun 

Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again 
Such a messed up world we're living in today 
Thank God for the rain 
Maybe it'll wash that scum away 

Thought my sensitivity would be smashed 
By some inner city wisdom trash 
Instead my own phobia-centricity 
Is growing out of every bit of me 

I like my home, I don't want to move 
But maybe I'll be forced to soon 
To lock the doors and board up the windows 
Lock the doors and board up the windows (x3) 

Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again 
Such a messed up world we're living in today 
Thank God for the rain 
Maybe it'll wash that scum away 

People die and nature replaces 
You see the lives in all of the faces 
Of so-called lunatics and basket cases 
Who'd hang themselves with their shoe laces 

They have no place in the rat races 
As a society which just misplaces 
Puts more importance on money not faces 
And have its sleeves filled with all the aces 

Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again 
Such a messed up world we're living in today 
Thank God for the rain 
Maybe it'll wash that scum away