Interpret:

Marillion

Album:

Sounds That Can't Be Made

When I was young it all seemed like a game 
Living here brought no sense of shame 
But now I'm older I've come to understand 
Once we had houses 
Once we had land 
They rained down bullets on us as our homes collapsed 
We lay beneath the rubble terrified 


Hoping.. Dare we dream? 
We gave up waiting 
For us, to dream is still a dream 


When I woke up, the house was broken stones 
We suddenly had nothing 
And nothing's changed 


We live, eight people, in this overcrowded heat 
Factory-farmed animals living in our own sweat 
Living like this is all my baby brother ever knew 
The world does nothing. What can we do? 


We will kick the ball 
We will skip the rope 
We will play outside. Be careful 
We will paint and draw. We will say our prayers 


Outside the pitiless sun bleaches the broken streets 
The darkness drops in the evening like an iron door 
The men play cards under torchlight 
The women stay inside 
Hell can erupt in a moment day or night 


You ask for trouble if you stray too close to the wall 
My father died ..feeding the birds 
Mum goes in front of me to check for soldiers 


For every hot-head stone ten come back 
For every hot-head stone a hundred come back 
For every rocket fired the drones come back 


For thirteen years the roads have all been closed 
We're isolated. We're denied medical supplies 
Fuel and work are scarce. They build houses on our farms 
The old men weep. The young men take up arms. 


We're packed like chickens in this town of block cement 
I get headache from the diesel. When it rains, the sewers too 
I had no idea what martyrdom meant 
Until my older brother.. my older brother 
I'm sorry. I can't continue. 


You sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind, it is said 
When people know they have no future 
Can we blame them if we cannot tame them? 
And when their hopes and dreams are broken 
And they feel they might as well be dead 
As they go, will we forgive them 
If they take us with them? 


Stay close 
Stay home 
Stay calm 
Have faith 


With the love of our family we can rise above anything 
Someday surely someone must help us 
With the love of our family we can rise above anything 
Someday surely someone must help us 
Even now we will go to school 
Even now we will dream to dream 
Someday surely someone must help us 


Nothing's ever simple - that's for sure 
There are grieving mothers on both sides of the wire 
And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright 
But any way you look at it - whichever point of view 
For us to have to live like this 
It just aint right 
It just aint right 
It just aint right 


We all want peace and freedom that's for sure 
But peace won't come from standing on our necks 
Everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright 
But any way you look at this - whichever point of view 
For us to have to live like this 
It just aint right 
It just aint right 
It just aint right 


It's like a nightmare rose up slouching towards Bethlehem 
Like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land 
Slouching towards Bethlehem 


It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land 
Slouching towards Bethlehem 


Stay close 
Stay home 
Have faith 


I can't know what twist of history did this to me 
It's like a nightmare 


With the love of our family 
We can rise above anything 
Some day surely someone must help us...