When Will the World Wake Up

When will the world wake up
From its sleeping game
Of dodge and chasing criminals
Once it's late and after dark?

And their chilling grins don't slip
As a shadow mocks its subtleties
And the game is at last lost

With a diamond sparkle in hooded eyes
And a toothy grin
That seems more sinister once the sun has closed its eyes
And we are looking the other way

And I hear footsteps
But find no one there
Because no one's there
Just a shadow of a time when I didn't even need to look