Sleater-kinney - One Beat lyrics

I'm a bubble in a sound wave A sonic push for energy Exploding like the sun A flash of clean light hope All you scientists can hold your breath Shall I decide to show myself? Oh oh If you think like Thomas Edison Could you invent a world for me Now all that's on the surface Are bloody arms and oil fields Could I turn this place upside down And shake you and your fossils out? Oh oh Should I come outside and run your cars Should I run your rockets to the stars Could you invent a world for me I need to hear a symphony If I'm to run the future You've got to let the old world go Oh oh Your word for me is fusion But is real change an illusion Could I turn this place all upside down And shake you and your fossils out If I'm to run the future You've got to let the old world go Could you invent a world for me I need to hear a symphony Oh oh