When pale turns to pink   With a soft unnerving ease   And all you've built around   May just tumble to the ground      We stand or fall   With your future in another's hands   We stand or fall   When your life is not your own      When white turns to red   In the not too distant days   Will force and misery   Be the life you have to lead?      We stand or fall   With your children in anothers world   We stand or fall   When your town is not your own      Chorus:      White China   White China      When crimson takes a hold   When the lights go down on all you've ever known   When all you'll ever do   Is worked out for you      We stand or fall   When the thoughts you have are not your own   We stand or fall   When the freedom slips away      (Repeat chorus 3 times)