Change is not progress unless it feels better

And waiting for better just makes it feel worse

We blow all the bubbles of hope and excitement

Try to calm down before they all burst

Too used to asking for things we deserve

Clean water in taps or somewhere to live

And failing to see that merely by asking

We're setting the limits on what people give

I don't want your promises

I don't want your change

What’s the chance of being heard?

I won't ask you again

And asking for change is like asking for freedom

To choose who supplies all you need to be free

We take the position of moral consumers

Only to find that there's no guarantee

Action's a magnet for those who quit asking

But couldn't find anyone else they could tell

Action is not only making the protest

But making that overdue phone call as well

I don't want your promises

I don't want your change

What’s the chance of being heard?

I won't ask you again

(2x)

I won’t ask you again!

The leaders we look at keep talking of changing

Like it was our fault things are all going wrong

Look a bit wider and get the whole picture

Then turn off the nerve that says "here you belong"

The people who change things are dead when it's normal

And lucky to stay out of jail when it's not

You can ask for the world to stop kicking your soul in

Or stand up and fight for the fighting to stop

We don't need your promises

We don't need your change

If this is all you have to give

We won't ask you again

(2x)

We won’t ask you again!