The Podium Poem by David Lem

We didn't wanna go,
we never said we would
don't put words in my mouth
i just don't understand

the standard equaled the enemy
but it was thought to be broken
we thought we won the race
but we lost to the status quo

You stood upon the podium
preaching to the choir
how did we believe it?
coming from a liar

we crashed and burned
we took the hit
writing for the future
just don't put up with their mess
you've got to hang on to your chance
cause your just a number, a disposible cause
your just a failure

buy why? ?