MUSIC
"This Train Revised"
It's a fish white belly lump in the throat razor on the wire skin and bone piss and blood in a railroad car 100 people gypsies queers and david's star this train is bound for glory measure the bones count the face pull out the teeth do you belong to the human race doctor doctor are you unkind do you shock the monkeys cover our eyes with clear blue skies this train is bound for glory here is a dancer who has no legs here is a teacher who has no face here is a runner who has no feet here is a healer who has no hands here is a builder who has no back here is a thinker who has no head here is a writer who has no voice these are the questions these are the answers stacked like wood this train is bound for glory these are the questions stacked like wood these are the answers here is potential gone for good
It's a fish white belly lump in the throat razor on the wire skin and bone piss and blood in a railroad car 100 people gypsies queers and david's star this train is bound for glory measure the bones count the face pull out the teeth do you belong to the human race doctor doctor are you unkind do you shock the monkeys cover our eyes with clear blue skies this train is bound for glory here is a dancer who has no legs here is a teacher who has no face here is a runner who has no feet here is a healer who has no hands here is a builder who has no back here is a thinker who has no head here is a writer who has no voice these are the questions these are the answers stacked like wood this train is bound for glory these are the questions stacked like wood these are the answers here is potential gone for good
"Red Sector A"
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive
Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow we'll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger
Too weak to cry
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive
Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones
I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow we'll all be freed
Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger
Too weak to cry
I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight
Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?
"Our Town is Burning"
It's burning, brothers! It's burning!
Oh, our poor village, brothers, burns!
Evil winds, full of anger,
Rage and ravage, smash and shatter;
Stronger now that wild flames grow --
All around now burns!
And you stand there looking on
With futile, folded arms
And you stand there looking on --
While our village burns!
It's burning, brothers! It's burning!
Oh, our poor village, brothers, burns!
Soon the rabid tongues of fire
Will consume each house entire,
As the wild wind blows and howls --
The whole town's up in flames!
And you stand there looking on
With futile, folded arms,
And you stand there looking on --
While our village burns!
It's burning, brothers! Our town is burning!
Oh, God forbid the moment should arrive,
That our town, with us, together,
Should go up in ash and fire,
Leaving when the slaughter's ended
Charred and empty walls!
And you stand there looking on
With futile, folded arms,
And you stand there looking on --
While our village burns!
It's burning, brothers! Our town is burning!
And our salvation hands on you alone.
If our town is dear to you,
Grab the buckets, douse the fire!
Show that you know how!
Don't stand there, brothers, looking on
With futile, folded arms,
Don't stand there, brothers, douse the fire! --
Our poor village burns!
It's burning, brothers! It's burning!
Oh, our poor village, brothers, burns!
Evil winds, full of anger,
Rage and ravage, smash and shatter;
Stronger now that wild flames grow --
All around now burns!
And you stand there looking on
With futile, folded arms
And you stand there looking on --
While our village burns!
It's burning, brothers! It's burning!
Oh, our poor village, brothers, burns!
Soon the rabid tongues of fire
Will consume each house entire,
As the wild wind blows and howls --
The whole town's up in flames!
And you stand there looking on
With futile, folded arms,
And you stand there looking on --
While our village burns!
It's burning, brothers! Our town is burning!
Oh, God forbid the moment should arrive,
That our town, with us, together,
Should go up in ash and fire,
Leaving when the slaughter's ended
Charred and empty walls!
And you stand there looking on
With futile, folded arms,
And you stand there looking on --
While our village burns!
It's burning, brothers! Our town is burning!
And our salvation hands on you alone.
If our town is dear to you,
Grab the buckets, douse the fire!
Show that you know how!
Don't stand there, brothers, looking on
With futile, folded arms,
Don't stand there, brothers, douse the fire! --
Our poor village burns!
"Your Kitten is Hungry"
Sleep now, my hungry little girl,
Close tight your dear little eyes,
Your mother also is hungry,
But she doesn't cry or make noise.
Learn something, child, from your mother dear,
Try to look on the bright side --
When you awake in the morning,
The house will be full of fresh bread.
Ay lyu lyu, ay lyu lyu lyu,
So, sleep now, my precious, my crown.
Sleep now, my dear silly little girl,
What is it with you today?
Your kitten also is hungry,
But I don't hear it complain.
Hear how it's meowing -- it's telling you:
"Child, give your mother some peace!"
Your kitten also is hungry,
But it doesn't cry like you do.
Ay lyu lyu, ay lyu lyu lyu,
So, sleep now, my precious, my crown.
Sleep now, my poor darling little girl,
For slumber will soften your need.
Your little doll also is hungry,
But she doesn't cry out for bread.
Learn something, child, from your little doll,
Do you know what she's thinking just now?
"Oh, how it weighs on a mother's heart
When hungry is her dear child."
Ay lyu lyu, ay lyu lyu lyu,
So, sleep now, my precious, my crown.
Sleep now, my hungry little girl,
Close tight your dear little eyes,
Your mother also is hungry,
But she doesn't cry or make noise.
Learn something, child, from your mother dear,
Try to look on the bright side --
When you awake in the morning,
The house will be full of fresh bread.
Ay lyu lyu, ay lyu lyu lyu,
So, sleep now, my precious, my crown.
Sleep now, my dear silly little girl,
What is it with you today?
Your kitten also is hungry,
But I don't hear it complain.
Hear how it's meowing -- it's telling you:
"Child, give your mother some peace!"
Your kitten also is hungry,
But it doesn't cry like you do.
Ay lyu lyu, ay lyu lyu lyu,
So, sleep now, my precious, my crown.
Sleep now, my poor darling little girl,
For slumber will soften your need.
Your little doll also is hungry,
But she doesn't cry out for bread.
Learn something, child, from your little doll,
Do you know what she's thinking just now?
"Oh, how it weighs on a mother's heart
When hungry is her dear child."
Ay lyu lyu, ay lyu lyu lyu,
So, sleep now, my precious, my crown.
"Hell on Earth
Riding on a tide of I'll will,
Poison propaganda greedily devoured,
Powers up the war machine.
Contrived genocide,
Taken from the mind of hell.
Vicious rage, lethal incursions,
Venomous hate in action...
Nightmare campaigns
Hell on earth
Working from behind the veil,
Unseen and aggressive manipulators
Excite human evil,
Willful ignorance serves them well,
Gratify arrogant desire in orgies of destruction.
Nightmare campaigns
Hell on earth
Resistance imperative
Persistence imperative
But it will never happen upon the battlefields
Resistance imperative
Persistence imperative
But it will never happen out on the streets,
It's got to be in the heart of every man and woman,
It's got to be in the heart of every child...
No more hell on earth.
Riding on a tide of I'll will,
Poison propaganda greedily devoured,
Powers up the war machine.
Contrived genocide,
Taken from the mind of hell.
Vicious rage, lethal incursions,
Venomous hate in action...
Nightmare campaigns
Hell on earth
Working from behind the veil,
Unseen and aggressive manipulators
Excite human evil,
Willful ignorance serves them well,
Gratify arrogant desire in orgies of destruction.
Nightmare campaigns
Hell on earth
Resistance imperative
Persistence imperative
But it will never happen upon the battlefields
Resistance imperative
Persistence imperative
But it will never happen out on the streets,
It's got to be in the heart of every man and woman,
It's got to be in the heart of every child...
No more hell on earth.