Don't Try This at Home

The global anti-capitalist movement reaches back to the late eighteenth century. In the back alleys of history, insurrection, like the common cold, spread quickly, inspired by the French and American revolutions: as the Sans Culottes garotted, British conspirators plotted.
It's a long walk to the gallows
It's a small step to swing free
The crying in the tower
For my conspirators and me
Gunpowder and modem
And a dream of liberty
And then they'll tell you
Don't try this at home
Oh yes they'll tell you
Don't try this at home
If you walk on the beach with King Canute
You'll be walking back alone
Tonight he'll dine on oysters
While we fall like green acorns
We'll be putting down our roots
Right in the centre of the storm
Oh but they'll tell you
Don't try this at home
Oh yes they'll tell you
Don't try this at home
The cry of gulls
The hum of streets
The buzz of phones
The march of feet
We'll meet tonight
To draw up plans:
Exclamations
Ampersands
Somewhere across the water
They're storming palace gates
Scared of the moth/flame metaphor
We fall asleep and wait
Singing for a future but
The chorus comes too late
Because they'll tell you
Don't try this at home
Oh yes they'll tell you
Don't try this at home
So we're coming to the last dance
I've got another request
With your best foot forward
We'll lay this ghost to rest