Wisdom in Vanity Lyrics


Set abroad and left alone

To learn incuriosity

The irony of mastering

A culture who hates expertise

Lord give me the strength

To see wisdom in vanity

Pretend your indifference

Is excused by your success

Superior or ignorant

One maintains the other

Lord give me the strength

To see wisdom in vanity

You deign to teach us

As we nod along

We learn despite you

The grand solution

Dividing right and wrong

Who defines who

A family’s yearly earnings

A semester’s tuition

A culture without value, and we hope

Blinders to call my own

Lord give me the strength

To see wisdom in vanity

You deign to teach us

As we nod along

We learn despite you

The grand solution

Dividing right and wrong

Who defines who