We have been imprisoned
\nin a ghastly filthy soup
\nswept up in a tidal wave
\nof humans in the loop
\nlacking all compassion
\nthey thrust us in this tank
\nto witness so much boredom
\nand the smell that is just rank
\nno plant life and no depth to speak of
\njust this chlorinated crap
\nnothing swimming in this broth
\nit does bloody sap
\nour energy, our confidence
\nour spirit and the woe
\nit gets into our bodies
\nand it fucking will not go<\/p>\n
we are social souls
\nwe communicate unlike most of you
\nif you are not wired up to your PC
\nyou dont know what to do
\nbut we are wild we sing we are
\nthe canaries of the sea
\nbut there’s nothing we can sing about
\ntortured constantly
\nwe can’t swim to the deep dark depths
\nno squid or living fish to see
\nno ice no darkness nothing real
\nthats the way it has to be
\nand now we hear you want us too
\nbe shipped across all the way to you<\/p>\n
please leave us be, it isn’t fair
\nWe just dont want to be there
\nanother tank another place
\nhonest you are a disgrace
\nhumans you are a selfish lot
\nwe are not slaves
\ntell us what
\nyou expect from us, we are wild, yes wild
\nnot some tiny little child
\nwho you can tell just what to do
\nwe’re wild we’re prisoners and it won’t do<\/p>\n
you were created and so were we
\nwe were wild thats what we should be
\nnot tanked up in a bowl of stew
\ngawped at by people who want to screw
\nus into a corporate industry
\nthat is not where we should be
\nAquariums are just not on
\nBeluga’s need now to be gone
\nback into the arctic waste
\nunder the ice where we have raced
\nfor centuries before you came
\nand tried to make us all the same<\/p>\n
we are not objects for you to rule
\nwhere’s your compassion
\nwe’re not your fool
\nwe think and we feel and we care and we know
\nthe tank is not the place to go
\nwe need the ocean the blue cold sea
\nwe need the ice and the current free
\nwe need the light we need the waves
\nwe need the air thats what saves
\nus from madness we need to be
\nwild and going where we like
\nwe need to be free<\/p>\n
for 7 years some of us here
\nhave languished in this tank of fear
\nour hearts are weary from the strain
\nour bodies racked with growing pain
\nyou are killing us with bondage and
\ndont you fucking understand?
\nare you as selfish its all about dosh
\nactually that doesn’t wash
\nwe are wild we have the right
\nto be in the creative light<\/p>\n
So put your cheques books
\nput them away
\nand find some compassion for just a day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We have been imprisoned in a ghastly filthy soup swept up in a tidal wave of humans in the loop lacking all compassion they thrust us in this tank to witness so much boredom and the smell that is just … Continue reading