High Pressure Low - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

There was a high pressure low developing off the coast of Africa

Uplift in the atmosphere pushed waves across the ocean

Towards Antilles and Bonaire

I paced in agitation

I drew the curtains closed

I turned the air conditioner low

I pressed a warm wash cloth to my face

Somewhere out there a hurricane was coming

There's just no future left for us to dream of

Living in an era of instability

So caught up in the culture of their rivals

Fear breeds in honest men

It's a high pressure low

Seven missiles flying over the Sea of Japan

Tales of feral children sleeping in wolf dens

And the pious preacher commands

I hold my breath in anticipation

Into the shelter of the jungle noble savages run

Vestal virgins triumph over lifelong inhibitions

And I wonder

What is real, what is fiction?

There's just no future left for us to dream of

Living in an era of instability

So caught up in the culture of their rivals

Fear breeds in honest men

It's a high pressure low

Would anyone forgive Robert McNamara?

In retrospect he had to admit

There was mistake in going to war

Without first asking all the questions

Yes, Robert Strange McNamara

There are those who just cannot forget

And I wonder

Have I lost my own compassion?

There's just no future left for us to dream of

Living in an era of instability

So caught up in the culture of their rivals

Fear breeds in honest men

It's a high pressure low