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crucifixion for our times
this was the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
a crucifixion for our times
no three-day rising hopes
one false step is a third world problem
we're quite adept to kill the pain
isn't that a world away?
we laugh about it now
this was the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
not so adept now to stand in their shoes
so many borders and they travel too
our sins are still dying for
one has to get out
and there are the ones
who suffer life still
this is the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
look after the living, what will you quibble?
here is the face of the suffering other
tells us nothing but who we are
long after the war, the war goes on
we're like those animals who refuse
to see any self in the mirror
not before, we're beyond that stage
turn on the telly but can't see the news
this is the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
for interest -- this was the earlier draft of this one ---
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a crucifixion for our times
what is it you personally will survive?
there's everything till now to have lived
this was the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
a crucifixion for our times
this is the hope of the world
you could go under a bus tomorrow
you know not the hour
one false step is a third world problem
we're quite adept to kill the pain
mouth swollen after fillings for instance
because you opted for the needle
can't taste a thing, but dinner's presently along
a couple of panadol, first world problem
in the old days if the turps wouldn't knock you out
the there was always the bottle itself
isn't that worlds away?
we laugh about it now
this was the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
not so adept now to stand in their shoes
the mines are laid along the border
who took home the profits from them?
a farmer – you understand something handheld
a farmer wants to stay, imagines the land was, is always
someone's theatre of operations shifts
so many borders and they travel too
one has to get out
this was the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
the one who dies for us, for our sins
and the one who suffers life
will you quibble these two apart
Jesus said to look after the living
here is the face of the suffering other
tells us nothing but who we are
only Colombia and Afghanistan
have more landmines than Burma
Cuba makes them and Singapore makes them
I can't work out their ideology
only Syria and Myanmar still lay them
the war goes on in the ground, long after the war
we're like those animals who refuse
to see themselves in the mirror
we're not before, we're beyond that stage
turn on the telly but can't see the news
the world will survive all that you've lived
you will take it lying down
this was the way
this is the truth
there is still light in the eyes
This second one is raw. That new draft has all that implied. I love them together. Thanks for sharing that. (And WHAT A PHOTO!)
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