strange news from another star - halifax pier lyrics
[verse]
took us to see
the bodies lying
cold on the bedroom floor
through their thin shrouds
our parents smiling
as though we’d still wander this way
we wander to the ruins
of the house we were born in
out the backyard, we lay down
watching the twilight
which is falling much harder to lie
i’d never believe in
[chorus]
to the friends that we lost
your bodies paved our roads on the way out of town and our consciouses carry your memories
haunting our dreams and weighing sleep down and we ask
please give us a reason
to lovе our children more than our past and we
pray plеase give us the strength
to guard these days as though they could be our last
[verse]
we’ve seen you hiding in the window
peering into our
dining room watching us break
the last crumbs of bread this town
will see til we harvest
next year’s mistakes
it’s true the bitterness burns our tongues
the salty tears can’t quench the thirst
but we’re thankful to have these mouths at all
considering desire a blessing
[chorus]
to the ones who will follow
these cities are built on tombstones and gravestone forget
the wills of your parents
chose to be k!lled before sold as slaves and we ask
remember the roundups
the tinkling bells of midnight’s [?] and we ask
remember the power of remembering
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