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the luxury of despair (2015) - martyn joseph lyrics

[verse 1]
the translucent light of another pre dawn
squints her eyes and prepares to walk on
from hebron’s stone to nazareth’s hill
there’s hope in the eyes of the hopeless still, yeah yeah

[verse 2]
some walls fall that come from love
but all walls fall that come from hate
you’re poking and you’re pushing to make folk bite
but the houses torn down by the military might
but people need to live, people need to roam
people need to drеam and people need a home
and ragе in the eye, that don’t let in the light
and love makes a better job of the fight

[chorus]
as the sun rises in my children’s eye
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair
as the night rips stars across this ancient sky
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair

[verse 3]
see through the eyes of a blameless child
suffer they do to come to you
there’s a bike in the road where it shouldn’t be
and a twelve year old taken into custody
where he’s scarred and scared and stripped of rights
what the eyes don’t see the mind can’t fight
you just don’t do that but you just do
and sometimes i want to
[chorus]
but as the sun rises in my children’s eye
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair
as the night rips stars across these ancient skies
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair
and as the sun, as it rises in my children’s eyes
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair

[bridge]
let’s sit together in this sacred place
i won’t grace you with the passion of fear and dread
you look me in the eye and you’ll see my heart
i’ll look you in your eye and i’ll see your heart
just look me in the eye and you’ll see my heart
plant trees of life and bury the dead

[verse 4]
and if the c*ckerel crowed what would i deny?
i hope any tyranny that met my eye
or the right of domain over the mind of a man
or the lie we cannot be equal or free
the wall’s divide has another side and a deep blue sea
and it was made for you and me

[chorus]
and as the sun rises in my children’s eye
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair
as the night rips stars across this ancient sky
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair
and as the sun, as it rises in my children’s eyes
i don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair
and as this night rips stars across our ancient sky
we don’t have the luxury, the luxury of despair

- martyn joseph lyrics

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