Analysis Paralysis - Jen Cloher

Paralyzed

I’m paralyzed

In paradise

I’m paralyzed

Worrying won’t change a thing

In paradise

My first world guilt

Makes me feel

Like I really care

But faith without works is dead

Devoted to the show

Not the deeds of compassion

Full of good intentions but never any action

Oh goddamn

We drained the dam

Now the kangaroos

Are drinking from the pool

While I float on by

The trees can’t decide

Whether to lose their leaves

Unseasonably

A little summer snow

And no-one knows

Which way the wind will blow

If you think it’s the end it’s only the beginning

Can you spare a minute for #activism?

Paralyzed

I’m paralyzed

In paradise

While the Hansonites

Take a plebiscite

To decide

If I can have a wife

I pay my fines

Taxes on time

But the feral right

Get to decide

If I can have a wife

If I can have a wife?

Born into hate

Brought up to despise

Frightened of a world

That’s left them behind