Credo

I watch the TV every night I stay awake by satellite I hope and pray the nightmares stay away today An oily shroud on a coral reef A black cloud's hanging over me When I hit on the remote the programmes stay the same Credo, credo, credo, credo An assegai slick with sweat and blood A shotgun barks at a rabid dog A shallow grave hugs a highway beneath a bleaching sun When cancer sucks a young girl's breast A company chains a young man's soul When the coal dust stole my grandad's breath away one day Credo, credo, credo, credo Credo, credo, credo, credo It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me A tattered tramp tacks a windy wynd To close a crowded circle round a brazier's light A man becomes a mountain in the falling snow A mother screams and a baby cries The memory gone before the blood has dried A needle pricks the conscience to help it fade away Credo, credo, credo, credo Credo, credo, credo, credo It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', I tell you, it don't mean nothin' to me The more you scream, the less you hear Or that's how it used to be But I just can't tell the difference any more these days The open lips of an altar boy A planet spins in a silent void The options are ever fewer on the ground these days Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) Credo (it should mean something to me), credo (it should mean something to me) It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', it don't, it don't, it don't mean nothin' to me, to me Oh, it don't mean nothin' to me Credo, credo, credo, credo I watch the TV every night, I stay awake by satellite I hope and pray that the nightmares stay away today An oily shroud on a coral reef, there's a black cloud hanging over me When I hit on the remote the programme, it stays the same A mother screams and a baby cries, the memory gone before the blood has dried A needle pricks the conscience to help it fade away Why don't you fade away? Fade away, fade away Oh, why don't you fade away? Why can't you fade away? Why can't you fade away? Why can't you fade away, fade away, fade away, fade away? Fade away