LOOKING UPWARDS, LOOKING DOWNWARDS
(McAndrew)

like two sides of a coin, like a head or a tail
close but never together, like the wheel on the rail
coexistent assurance here to do as is bid
not the way of the past, as our forefathers did

looking upwards at windows with their faceless facade
looking backwards to days when the people were glad
looking down from the window, they are kept in their place
by our covert existence, they must not see our face

why so subjected from the start of our day
to this land of oppression, to the path we can't stray
if we could only see who was behind the mask
it would focus our minds, make much easier the task

looking upwards at windows with their faceless facade
looking backwards to days and the fun that we had
looking down from the window, they are kept in their place
by our covert existence, in our satin and lace

it wasn't always this way
it is time for a change
let's uncover their pallour
let's the mask rearrange
how do we break their cover
bring them out in the light
under cover of darkness
under cover of night

time to stand and be counted, to unburden the foe
of their lonely existence, leave them nowhere to go
now to come to the light and to realise the dream
was just that and to realise things are not what they seem

looking upwards at windows, now we stand full in view
looking forward to days with our hearts just and true
looking down from the window, now there's no-one fenced in
with our unhidden existence, all the losers now win.

Comment:- This was written in response to a conceptual idea of Stephen from Florida about
the fact that only two per cent of the wealthiest control the remainder from
behind their veils of secrecy!