O Ser e o Tudo

A plane has crashed into the sea
A bomb has exploded in a Baghdad hotel (Allah!)
The dollar has risen again
And a crooked politician was released this morning

A terrorist attack in Japan
A police strike in the far reaches of Haiti
The oil barrel has plummeted
Less dough for the pockets of the sheik of Bahrain

And here at home, everything looks so normal
The wind blows and the birds keep on singing in the yard
The world is falling down and I still feel like my life is on standby
It's inevitable to wonder with concern: What's the world coming to?

What's the world coming to, people?

The US dollar closes at 6 reais
Financial crisis arrives in Brazil
Terrorist attack in Asia leaves 40 wounded
Of the mensalão is on parole
6 dead with the explosion of a bomb in Gaza Strip
Defeated by an unbelievable 7 to 1
Has caused a general strike in Thailand
Unemployment reaches 20%
An Air France plane disappeared last night with 160 people on board

Barcelona is the champion
And coronavirus is coming to spoil the fun (ah)
The public health system patient died in the queue
And the government makes stadiums to forget the bad vibes-bzz-bzz-bzz

In New Delhi
A manifestation against social castes
Murdered
The president of Zimbabwe got what he deserved

North Korea has exploded itself
And the US suspect Jong-un has survived (I think he's alive, sir)
Cuba has opened up!
But, because of immigrants, Europe has shut

And in my neighbourhood, a silence stuns me and forces me to reflect
What good is caring if, in the end, the burden of existence is heavy?
Alienated, I'm living like an animal
It wouldn't make a difference if I was in a comatose state in a hospital bed

Ring-a-ring o' roses
A pocket full of posies
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall d