Land of Confusion

(lyrics courtesy Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Michael Rutherford of Genesis, live cover by Disturbed)




I must have dreamed a thousand dreams


Been haunted by a million screams




But I can hear the marching feet


They're moving into the street



Now, did you read the news today?


They say the danger has gone away


But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night



There's too many men, too many people


Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around


Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

This is the world we live in


And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in


Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?


The men of steel, these men of power


Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place


So we look for the future


But there's not much love to go around


Tell me why this is a land of confusion


This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given


Use them and let's start trying


To make it a place worth living in


I remember long ago
When the sun was shining


And all the stars were bright all through the night


In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago


I won't be coming home tonight


My generation will put it right


We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep


There's too many men, too many people


Making too many problems


And there's not much love to go round

Can't you see this is a land of confusion?


Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying


To make it a place worth fighting for

This is the world we live in

And these are the names we're given

Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to