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Kings and Pawns
05:43
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Kings are fighting and sacrificing pawns they never cared for anyway
When the words turn to threats, they’ll offer young lives to save their face
Vultures circling waiting only for easy pickings after the war
Now your fate is at the door can’t you hear the call?
More new points of view
And few solutions to
Machine gun politics
This rhetoric makes me sick
Where are we gonna stand
When it finally ends?
Chorus Repeat
Marches on the ground
Slogans all around
Nothing that you do can make me see
If the things you preach are even real
Come on, do you think I’m dumb?
Black Flags, White Flags, Hammer Sickle Crescent Flags
Jolly Roger, Union Jack, Star Spangled Kitchen Rags
Painted with the blood of sons, fighting for the Holy One
Made it clear, it is done, This is not my Kingdom!
Marches on the ground
Slogans all around
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Breathe
04:23
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Breathe in and war and breathe out peace
Mind over matters that don’t matter to me
Breathe in sin and breathe out grace
Clean the slate, pass the cup of disgrace
No more disgrace
Chorus:
Walk! Walk! No need to run, they
Talk Talk on radio and TV
How far to where noise recedes
Hard-pressed we just want to breathe
Breathe in doubt and breathe out faith
Dig for answers doubt is the spade
Breathe in failure breathe out hope
One thing is certain we cannot let go
We cannot let go
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
Bridge
Hate is not my last resort now!
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Armistice
04:46
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Cease-fire all around, in air, at sea and even on the ground
Where bombs used to pound
Silence brings us closer to the sound
Of birds still in song, drowned out for too long
By men who were wrong
10 million lives, who was keeping score
Armistice
No winners exist
Another abyss from which justice could not emerge
Trenches are empty now, few cheers, no beers could fill the sudden void
Of millions destroyed
Silence brought us closer to the sound
Of lives broken down
For country and crown The worst was to come
21 years to go for one more round
Armistice
No winners exist
Another abyss from which justice could not emerge (x2)
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Magic Carpet Ride
08:27
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Sunrise of over desert sands, Black flags raised across the land
Oil fields burn with angry flames, Smoke screens for the shame
Jihad claims another son, clothed in a bomb, Martyred for lies
Tyrants claim another win while children die, Drones cross the sky
It’s not holy
It is time to understand
The battle lines in the sand
It’s not about the Crescent Creed
But of power and of greed
Show the world far and wide
Images from satellites
Like a magic carpet ride
In the middle of the Eastern sky
Nations torn by hateful scorn, Battered by Desert Storms
The West wind brought the Eagle here, From the mountains came a Bear
Jihad claims another one, a mother’s son, Till death, Semper Fi
Leaders on TV selling spin while good men die, To build pipelines
It’s not holy
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Crimes Against Humanity
04:06
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Blue Sky No rain Heat wave On the plain
Trench deep No sleep Trace amounts Of Food to eat
Chorus 1
Blood, Fear and Fire
Landmines and drones up high
Are you not tired
Of causes undefined?
Loot, land or creed
Young men Brave hearts How long will they last?
Send more Keep score Of the pawns That leave the board
Chorus 1 repeat
Chorus 2
Picking fights in foreign lands
Keep the powers that be
Relevant but negligent
In the name of policy
Losing lives are justified
By pointing fingers, but see
All sides are guilty now
Of Crimes Against Our Own Humanity
Smoke clears What’s left? Diplomacy Or grand theft?
The truth’s Not told Fake news And ironic jokes
Chorus 1 repeat
Chorus 2 repeat x2
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War (Instrumental)
07:57
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Vortex Afternoon Cape Town, South Africa
Vortex Afternoon is a one man rock project. It draws influences from many styles and distills it into a post-punk-meets-folk- meets-metal-meets-rock-meets-whatever- soundscape with thought provoking lyrics and strong melodies. Acoustic songs and instrumental music is also part of the repertoire and styles can change at any given moment.. ... more
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