Hey Peranakan

Hey Peranakan with your Achilles' heel When you're on the tracks Your train of thought becomes real You're alive here in Tampines still She'll stare back at you as you try to feel Being self-aware or a paranoid schizoid Is about as good as some cheap thrill Looking to drown you in the hidden trenches Looking to tunnel through your molehill Hey you jingoist with your fervent zeal Clap your hands onto those sallow faces Bring up the blood from their deepest wells Drink up their wine and piss all over their places Sadly your ignorance hides behind a mask Of endless chatter streaming by so fast As it spills out onto the manicured street Where forests and swamps once grabbed at your feet Hey you chauvinist lay your prejudice down This ancient myopia is back in town Staring at your face struck a familiar chill I think I'll turn away You know I will Might as well build you a mausoleum And send our government the bill Our people should have taken care of you But their minds are at a standstill Hey you Peranakan you're a dying breed Nothing we could do but concede We're losing our tongues as we speak As foreigners paint our futures bleak I feel insignificant I'm an antique All our revenants have past their peaks No one's heard of us We're just freaks Here's my lock of hair You can have it for keeps Hey post-modernist You're the hypocrite Feel the sickness in my stomach pit What you stand for isn't a good fit for the times Who are you trying to kid What you envision is always so hip It's not real It won't stick Even the ones on your side have a bone to pick Even if their numb skulls were once so thick So thick