THE LIVING END - SAVE THE DAY

So here I come to save the day
A regular Joe now on parade
They say, it's the only way, but they
They only want it when it's there

So here I come to save the day
The future's here and the past is yesterday
They say, it's the only way, they say
They only want it when it's there

We're not going on a holiday
We do a lot of work and we don't get paid
Stand up don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow

Life's full of much unwanted waste
Crime pays and the junkies walk away
But for husband and the good son
They speak ill at ease but they dare not run

They dare NOT RUN

This one started out like a bit of an anti-Gulf war statement.
The whole thing with young men being sent to war to fight
seems so pointless to me. It’s also about the parallels
between that and anyone being put in a situation where
they have to rise to the occasion and save the day.