Red Queen Theory Songtext
von The Herd

What do we want? We want the motherfucking bomb
And we′ll never pause to consider if we got it wrong
What we really want is a magic wand

Sell it for a song, whatever the Red Queen wants
Chase Alice to Sedaris Palace if your feet don't keep balance
Develop wings like Dave Dallas

Your neighbours get jealous and develop their own
But in the meantime consolidate your place on the throne
You bring a bit of alcohol and make a king a Capone
You had it coming, you better do more than run and
Tough skipping and jumping, it′s out-muscling Eminem bumping
Us evolving ever better ways of outwitting the other
Come on, the endless cycle tit for tat
Cat and mouse game and never end the risk of that

Empires expire, systems collapse
Viruses attack, bacteria fight back
They just don't stop, keep running on the spot
Keep running round the clock, come on
Watch what's behind you


′Cause now they′re beside you
Before you know it they'll be flying right by you

What are you walking for? Run
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we′d be if we stopped
What are you walking for? Run
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped
Keep running, running, running
Keep running, running

The Red Queen said kick the refugees, lock up
And ship ′em off to Malaysia
Trying to persuade ya
That we can take a strong stance, stop the boats landing
They said that in 1788, still standing
Well we're running on that treadmill, the polls demand it


Say one thing and do another, that′s underhanded
Let's say racism was Hanson's invention
But she wasn′t the one that put the kids in detention
We really care a lot, look at the NT intervention

Running hard on the cure but not prevention

That′s a too hard basket if I ever saw one
It makes your apology look like a fucking poor one
Send in the troops to control the pay packet
Yo we're taking the land, well that sounds like the same racket
If we didn′t do something it'd be time to fret

Genocide through benign neglect

What are you walking for? Run
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we′d be if we stopped
What are you walking for? Run
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped
Keep running, running, running
Keep running, running

Can′t stop, won't stop
Run like your life is in danger
Can't stop, won′t stop
Run like your life is in danger
Can′t stop, won't stop
Run like your life is in danger
Can′t stop, won't stop
Run like your life is in danger

What are you walking for? Run
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we′d be if we stopped
What are you walking for? Run
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped
Keep running, running, running
Keep running, running