[Verse 1] Once we lived in circles, seasons came around Past and present blending, feet upon the ground Then progress came calling with its forward march Linear time ascending, lighting up the dark Yesterday behind us, tomorrow pulls ahead The future became sacred, the past was left for dead [Chorus] Progress restructures time itself Makes us believe in something else The future calls, we must advance Revolutionary circumstance Time moves forward, never back On capitalism's racing track [Verse 2] Revolution promised what had never been A world remade completely, washing away our sins Every rebel movement staked its claim on time "Tomorrow will be different," became the battle cry Politics of change needs future as its ground Without that bright tomorrow, no cause can be found [Chorus] Progress restructures time itself Makes us believe in something else The future calls, we must advance Revolutionary circumstance Time moves forward, never back On capitalism's racing track [Bridge] Capital keeps moving, never stands still Creative destruction bends us to its will Innovation's promise, growth that never ends Capitalism's engine on the future depends Old ways must crumble, new markets arise Tomorrow's profit gleaming in the investor's eyes [Verse 3] But what happens when the future starts to fade When progress feels broken and the dreams have frayed Time itself gets twisted, hope begins to crack The future dimension that we can't get back Questions rise like echoes from the past we left Of time and hope and meaning, and the future's theft [Chorus] Progress restructures time itself Makes us believe in something else The future calls, we must advance Revolutionary circumstance Time moves forward, never back On capitalism's racing track [Outro] How did progress change our time Revolutionary future's climb Capital's dance with what's to come The future lost, what have we done
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