Lyrics

Take the blinkers from your eyes

You are all that they despise

Your rolling hills and bleak, dark skies

Line them up and watch them die

And it’s obvious, you see

This world was made for you and me

But they’re still killing it with greed

Take a seat and watch it bleed

Break the pattern

Take a walk under the sky

Trace Her scars and hear Her cry

Feel the heartbeat

Same river running through your veins

Care for all that still remains

See as progress marches on

Flimsy morals dead and gone

Those with the gold can do no wrong

A conclusion long foregone

Habitat and livings lost

The track is straight but at what cost

All that is left of what once was

Just a memory, half forgot

Break the pattern

Take a walk under the sky

Trace Her scars and hear Her cry

Feel the heartbeat

Same river running through your veins

Care for all that still remains

Break the pattern

Feel the heartbeat

Break the pattern

Feel Her heart beat 

Break the pattern

Take a walk under the sky

Trace Her scars and hear Her cry

Feel the heartbeat

Same river running through your veins

Care for all that still remains

Break the pattern

Feel Her heart beat 

A white handkerchief tied to the door of the car

A line of vodka shots sat on the edge of the bar

And somebody’s pouring them all down the sink

In the hope it might cause them to stop and to think

A sign in the window says children on board 

And they pray as they drive that it won’t be ignored

In that convoy of cars with the same flag unfurled

Signalling  peace while behind their homes burn

Now the sky’s full of lead and the mercury’s rising

A white flag stained red in another no man's land

Stray dogs picking their way through the dead in the streets

A hundred missiles a day means tonight there’s a feast

Where they once trod the boards they now cower in the dark

As they wait for that horseman to tear it apart

And they won’t even leave them alone in their graves

Man woman or child there’s nobody safe

From those monogrammed tanks as they roll into town

As they wait for that horseman to tear it all down

Now the sky’s full of lead and the mercury’s rising

A white flag stained red in another no man's land

How are we back here again

Generals look on at innocents dying in vain

And it’s always the same

The rich wage their war games while somehow escaping the blame

Why is it always this way

If life was just then the pawns and the kings would trade fates

But it never was and we cannot touch them

This whole world is running on greed and corruption

We’ll never find peace while this thirst for destruction remains

Now the sky’s full of lead and the mercury’s rising

A white flag stained red in another no man's land

The sky’s full of lead and the mercury’s rising

A white flag stained red in another no man's land

It’s the ache in your chest pulls your eyes to the West

As the sun passes under the skyline

The crash of the tides with the passing of time 

And the glint on the waves when the moon shines

When the sound of the sea and the gulls on the breeze 

Are the only things breaking the silence

At the edge of the world with the tide as it turns

On that solitary spot when the sun sets

Carry my mind on the biting wind

Let me float for a while

Leave me alone with the sea as it sings 

On the coast of my old, broken isle

Broken seashells and the tales that they tell

Of the turmoil felt under the ocean

Found scattered around on this gold, rippled ground

These sands in perpetual motion 

Cigarette butts and declarations of love

That the sand and the seas have now covered

Things lost once before on this glittering shore

Just the passing of time can discover 

Carry my mind on the biting wind

Let me float for a while

Leave me alone with the sea as it sings 

On the coast of my old, broken isle

Alone on the sand feeling peace coming back

As I’m carried away from the city

It’s a piece of my mind getting harder to find

When the rush of the inland comes with me

And it’s a kind of escape hearing waves as they break

With the patchwork of hills all around me

Trail of prints in the sand and your arm in my hand

As we walk to the roar of the sea

Carry my mind on the biting wind

Let me float for a while

Leave me alone with the sea as it sings 

On the coast of my old, broken isle

On the coast of my old, broken isle

On the coast of my old, broken isle

The colour of the sky when day turns into night

Is playing on my mind

Can’t help but asking why they must join the fight

When they’re so afraid to die

Tears fall from their eyes as soldiers pass them by

But no one hears their cries 

The bombs get their reply

And there they lie

Atlas, where’d you go

‘Cause the sky is falling down

And it’s feeling much too close 

As they cower upon the ground

The sunset is chasing us now

Shouts and distant screams are carried on the breeze

And there’s no kind of reprieve

Decimated dreams fall like ashen leaves

And it’s such a sight to see

Gunfire in the streets and broken angels wings

Are scattered in the trees

‘Til our governments learn peace

These wars won’t cease

Atlas, where’d you go

’Cause the sky is falling down

And it’s feeling much too close

With our heads stuck in the ground 

The sunset, well, it’s chasing us

There’s a moment when the birds stop singing, wind stops blowing

And the church bells ringing cease

Yet another lost generation died escaping

Then washed on out to sea

Atlas, where’d you go

’Cause the sky is falling down

And it’s feeling much too close 

As they fall down to the ground

The sunset 

Oh Atlas, where’d you go

’Cause the sky is falling down

And it’s feeling much too close 

Now they lie beneath the ground

The sunset is chasing us now

The sky is dark, the outlook’s darker

It’s started raining fire and brimstone in the hills

It’s getting hard to find safe harbour

When those in charge don’t care if they passively kill

As the world is getting smaller

The lines all blur between heaven and hell

And I find myself idly wishing

We could leave it all behind and just save ourselves

We could build a flowering garden

Far away from all this tyranny and pain

We’d be safe within that Eden

And we’d never let it hurt like this again

Just pick a star, pack all the things we need

And then drive away without leaving a note

And I know it’s just a stupid dream

But is there any harm in letting ourselves hope

When the hooded man stands brandishing the rope

So let’s raise a toast to the world and then drink away our sorrows

Make a stand and demand there’s a better day tomorrow

Because if we make it so it has to be

We’ll build a better world apart for you and me

Close your eyes and just imagine

A world without all of this anger, hate and greed

Dare to dream just what could happen

If everybody got what everybody needs

If everyone was just allowed to be

We could be anyone and anything we choose

And if there were those who still might disagree 

And try to dictate who we are we’d just refuse

Because that hangman’s still there brandishing that noose

So let’s raise a toast to the world and then drink away our sorrows

Make a stand and demand there’s a better day tomorrow

Because if not us then who will stand and fight

We’ll build a better world apart for you and I

And fuck the rest

Staring at the bottles on the shelf

But she can’t see them

Her mind is somewhere else

Looking at the picture by the fire

Now she can’t see him

And she just wants to cry

’Cause twenty years is not enough to live

She knows that truly

He had so much more to give

And she smiles when they ask her for a drink

But her eyes betray her

Show how she’s really feeling

Life’s a very fickle thing

It comes and then it’s gone again

In the blinking of an eye

It seems we’re always questioning

Just what it means to be born

To live then to die

Oh but is there a Heaven is there a Hell

Should I take my Bible back down off the shelf

Blow off the dust and flick through the pages

And try to believe

An empty space upon the stage

Although he’s gone 

He still takes his rightful place

And I bet he’d smile if he could see the way we cling

To every word of

Every song he used to sing

’Cause life’s a very fickle thing

It comes and then it’s gone again

In the blinking of an eye

It seems we’re always questioning 

Just what it means to be born

To live then to die

Oh but is there a Heaven is there a Hell

Should I take my Bible back down off the shelf

Blow off the dust and flick through the pages

And try to believe

’Cause I take no comfort in thinking there’s not

But I can’t quite fathom the idea of a God

Whose meticulous planning allows all this pain

No I just can’t conceive it

No I can’t quite believe 

Please don’t tell me that God

Works in mysterious ways

Please don’t tell me that God

Gives a damn what we do and say

Please don’t tell me that God

Has a plan laid out for us all

’Cause twenty years is too young

Is there a Heaven is there a Hell

Should I take my Bible back down off the shelf

Blow off the dust and flick through the pages

And try to believe

Is there a Heaven is there a Hell

Please throw your Bible at somebody else

’Cause mine sits alone covered in dust

And untouched for a reason

I take no comfort in thinking there’s not

But I can’t quite fathom the idea of a God

Whose meticulous planning allows all this pain

No, I just can’t conceive it

No, I can’t quite believe

This past year has been a mess

And I've kept every single note that I've been sent

'Cause in the absence of smiles and arms

Words are all we've got left

I need something substantial to touch

'Cause these small screens sometimes just simply aren't enough

But they remind me I'm not so far

From all the people that I love

Well, I don't like calls but I'll do letters

Words from friends make me feel better

Lift me when it's all getting too hard

And I'm sorry for my slow replying

Some days I just feel like crying

It's not that I just simply can't be arsed

To keep up with the people that we miss

The internet's all well and good

But you can't seal an email with a loving kiss

So hold out and hold on

'Cause some day we'll be back together

Smiling as we sing our favourite songs

It's been too long

But we've gotta keep fighting

Even when it seems like everything's gone wrong

This past year's been pretty hard

But I've found solace in these words and this guitar

And now that light at the end of the tunnel

Doesn't seem quite so far

But I'll keep on gathering these notes

'Cause some days they're all that's keeping me afloat

And when there's nothing else too look forward to

There's always the post

Well, I don't like calls but I'll do letters

Words from friends make me feel better

Lift me when it's all getting too hard

And I'm sorry for my slow replying

Some days I just feel like crying

It's not that I just simply can't be arsed

To keep up with the people that we miss

The internet's all well and good

But you can't seal an email with a loving kiss

So hold out and hold on

'Cause someday we'll be back together smiling as we sing our favourite songs

It's been too long

But we've gotta keep fighting even when it seems like everything's gone wrong

And I'll see you down the front

Just as soon as fates allow

I'll be back out there in the crowd

Singing songs and getting pissed

Just being happy to exist

But until then please take this note

I'll put it in an envelope

For all the people that I miss

I'll sign my name and seal it with a loving kiss

They're storming the Capitol

They're staging a coup

Wind up your windows sir

Because this one's on you

The fascists are flying now

They're flying the flag

Their very own swastika

For their very own land

And they talk of freedom

Like it's something they've lost

It only happened last century

But it seems they forgot

You wanted a riot

And they answered the call

Now they're storming the Capitol

And they're dressed for war

But they'll make America great again

They'll cheer the land of the free

While those that built it look on in shame

From sea to shining sea

They can see Lady Liberty

And they just watch as she weeps

They'll make America great again

They'll make America grieve

Dressed up in Civil War t-shirts

Stars and stripes in their eyes

Holding tight to the mantra

Sold propaganda and lies

They carry hammers and zip ties

They've got their feet on the desk

A violent act of sedition

But isn't that what you said?

There are people fleeing the Senate

Carried between them a box

A simple thing in the making

A precious thing to be lost

Not just the fate of a country

Perhaps the fate of the world

A democracy rescued

Just before it could be burned

But they'll make America great again

They'll cheer the land of the free

While those that built it look on in shame

From sea to shining sea

They can see Lady Liberty

And they just watch as she weeps

They'll make America great again

They'll make America grieve

And as the movie's playing out across their TV screens

The rest of the world's looking on in disbelief

As that old familiar serpent bares its teeth

People fought so in this house that flag would never fly

Now you're fighting a campaign you've built on hate and lies

And they're crying out your name as the country weeps

But they'll make America great again

They'll cheer the land of the free

While those that built it look on in shame

From sea to shining sea

They can see Lady Liberty

They watch her fall to her knees

They'll make America great again

They'll make America grieve

Broken boots on streets of cobblestone

Distant memory as he groans

In the gutter he calls home

Medicine to soothe his aching head

And the existential dread

As it's creeping up ahead

Oh Captain! Captain! Can’t you see?

The writing’s on the wall this time

And it’s turning to ash

But his weary feet 

On those familiar streets

Will always lead him back

Now he’s heading for oblivion

He’s heard it’s nice this time of year

That bottle in the bottom draw

Has promised him that it will see him clear

Until the sun comes ‘round

He hears the distant beating of the drum 

As he pours another one

And then his feet go marching on

Dragons breathing fire in his head

And his vision turns to red

As he sees the path ahead

Oh Captain! Captain! Can’t you see?

The writing’s on the wall this time

The letters all aglow

And they’re spelling out a future

He abandoned in the bottle

Long ago

Now he’s heading for oblivion

He’s heard it’s nice this time of year

That bottle in the bottom draw

Has promised him that it will see him clear

Until the sun comes ‘round

‘Round

Now he’s heading for oblivion

He’s heard it’s nice this time of year

That bottle in the bottom draw

Has promised him that it will see him clear

Until the sun comes ‘round

I can't recall where I was when the world fell apart

A slow poison unleashed heading straight for the heart

Now they're raising their arms with their palms to the floor

You'd think we'd've learned from what happened before

But it seems this is just the start

Another free thinker that's murdered for what she believes

The same old story again but with somebody new left to grieve

The blood still runs red as the shirts fade to black

It's the same bloody cause just a different flag

It makes you scared to wear your heart on your sleeve

And still they have the nerve to ask

Where's your Blitz Spirit? Making out that we both walk the same bloody line

But we've no foe in common to bring us together this time

They say come and stand with me as if we were at war marching on the front line

But I'd not be beside them if it ever came to that fight

This ideal that spreads through the lost souls is growing too strong

Like a wound that's ignored, left to fester unchecked for too long

And those up in charge just add fuel to the flames

Distracting us all from the games that they play

They dictate who is right and who's wrong

And still they have the nerve to ask

Where's your Blitz Spirit? Making out that we both walk the same bloody line

But we've no foe in common to bring us together this time

They say come and stand with me as if we were at war marching on the front line

But I'd not be beside them if it ever came to that fight

I'd be looking in their eyes

I'd be looking in their eyes

Now they're chanting the name of a leader that nobody chose

While they're picking out lamp posts to string up all those who oppose

Because this is their flag and they'll wear it with pride

With smiles on their faces and hate in their eyes

Those same eyes that they keep firmly closed

And still they have the nerve to ask

Where's your Blitz Spirit? Making out that we both walk the same bloody line

But we've no foe in common to bring us together this time

They say come and stand with me as if we were at war marching on the front line

But I'd not be beside them if it ever came to that fight

I'd be looking in their eyes