Burning All Around

from TAKE ON LIFE by The Chords UK

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Burning All Around

They burnt out all cities
Rained down on liberty
Falsified the truth with lies
And deceived our dignity
They mispaint patriotism with their brand of evil and fear
You can say just what you like
But don't you say it here!

The jester laughs his forlorn tale
A broken land that's up for sale
And all around
They're burning all around

They looted all the villages
They levelled all the towns
Hung a sign “what's yours is mine!”
And nowhere’s glory bound
They brainwashed their disciples
Taking each one for a ride
Strapped death to their backs
And God right by their side!

The minstrel plucks a fateless song about an ideal that's gone wrong
And all around
They're burning all around

The deluged drifting nomads upon the foothill peeks
Stare down towards the crusading battle on the streets
Now the TV news and cameras were happy with what they saw
Hung a sign “hope all is fine”
We're off to the next world war!

The fiddler strokes a melody
Outside they're coming for you and me
And all around
They're burning all around

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from TAKE ON LIFE, released September 9, 2016

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