You can't deal with the problem on the surface anymore Go for the root - And put your boot in the door Knock down the walls And get right to the core Go for the root Brush off the dust when you find it Now's the time to explore Go for the root It's the conflict between fact and meaning I'm living proof And you can't scale the walls 'Cause there's an armed guard on the roof Go for the root Just found a crack in the foundations We'll drill ourselves a way Right to the root Brush off the dust when you find it Now's the time to explore Go for the root You can't deal with the problem on the surface anymore Go for the root It's the conflict between fact and meaning I'm living proof When you watch the starving thousands On the channel of your choice my friend You're an audience for war But you're always switching sides It's like looking at a landscape Through a microscope in the middle of the night - Even half a revolution Would only bring you light Go for the root You're so messed up by politics lady There's nothing exotic in poverty Go for the root Where do you get your information From a dream or a twenty four inch screen Brush off the dust when you find it Now's the time to explore Go for the root You can't deal with the problem on the surface anymore Go for the root