The Tangent - A Place in the Queue

The Tangent - A Place in the Queue (2006) I. Silent Screams [instrumental] II. Two For The Queue (part one) You’d been alive for thirty minutes when you filled in your first form, With blood taken from your left heel just to prove that you were born, And they filed away the papers and you took your place in the queue. Through the years of quiet childhood they plotted out your fate, They had you on their system, there was no hurry, they could wait! So by the time you’d finished schooling, You’d learned your place In the queue. Shaping the line into order, filtering the ones who will rule, Positioning their appointed marshalls, In the churches, the youth clubs and schools...... They were there when you got busted and they now have prints to say, That you spent three weeks in the U.S. and you stole a coat from C&A They can look you up at any time, And gauge your place in the queue. I walk this world as a number,