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My Friend has no job
04:16
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The youth are leaving once again,
And it's true the nation's lost it's way and then,
Can you bear to listen to those in disgrace,
Say they're educated but they have no place
Times are ever changing and we are re-arranging
Our current situation is built on hesitation
No politicians consult could save us from this insult
We're trying to start over, let's move a little slower
Once more, it's too much more to ask for,
Taking our chances on foreign beaches
Searching for, we're searching for clarity in our own way
Nomadic lives, we multiply, synthesize, sympathize away
Gluttonous years, financial fears, we appear to all pretend
Shielding our eyes while they devised, ostricized to our own end
Monopolize the thoughts of men
Who in power sowed the seeds to our own end
I can't help but feel a little under threat
When I'm told to up and leave with every breath.
Once more, it's too much more to ask for,
Taking our chances on foreign beaches
Times are ever changing and we are re-arranging
Our current situation is built on hesitation
No politicians consult could save us from this insult
We're trying to start over, let's move a little slower
This landmass can't confine us
We can go everywhere
And yet this place defines us
We can't go anywhere
My thoughts return to you and
My heart beats in my chest
My thoughts return to you and
I fall at your behest.
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2. |
Repeat After Me
03:31
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3. |
Sparks & Fires
04:33
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Sparks and fires fly
Keeping us in line
They don't understand
We are out of time
Liars
Put us in this place
Left us in disgrace
Thunder
Plundering our lives and land
Selling their own brand
Of complicity
But it's not what we need
Liars
Put us in this place
Left us in disgrace
Thunder, Plunder
Can't we all get along
We know we're in the red
Just remember that we didn't make this bed
We're too small to achieve
The levels that we need
To acquire success on which we aim to breed
How did we get it wrong
We've done it all before
Without us you would long ago have hit the floor
Stand up, Sit down
We'll run this house how we want to
Pay with lives what we can't pay back
Cuz the time has passed to correct this fault
We're burdening the kids
As for help from a new resource
Can they bail us out, will they help us now
We're burdening the kids
[Choir] The actions of so few impicated all the others
Sparks and fires fly
Keeping us in line
They don't understand
We are out of time.
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4. |
Chain Of Command
04:22
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Do what you will to our command
We're trading blows yet still we stand
Occupy as we say
On this day none to blame
But we were taken by fractious men
Everyone should play a part in this
It's quiet but not for long
The tales of our fathers before are still on song
The respite excites the soul
You feel if it only would hold we'd gain control
The time will pass, you'll forget
The way that we were when we met
You built defensive lines
They'll be breached this time
What is there to show for it
With all of our battles fought
Nothing, for we recommit
With all of the glory we sought
The time has come to question it
The lull that we reveled in
Has been lost for now
Do what you will to our command
We're trading blows yet still we stand
Bide the time, we fenced the lines, we stemmed the tide on which they thrive
But they're not giving in
Nothing's like that
Hope is the eternal sin
Chips away at
Rules that were put in place to end disgrace, yet
We know
That they'll maintain the status quo for good
What is there to show for it
With all of our battles fought
Nothing, for we recommit
With all of the glory we sought
The time has come to question it
The lull that we reveled in
Has been lost for now
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Former Monarchs Cork, Ireland
Former Monarchs are an alternative rock group from Cork Ireland. Labelled "Ones to watch" by the BBC, their debut album "The
Cost of Living" will be released on Mountains of Records on March 24th, 2014.
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