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The Commander Told You
03:59
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The Commander has told you to say goodbye,
We received a letter that stopped the pay cheques,
And now we have nowhere to go home to, nowhere to run,
We appealed the decision of our superiors,
Wondered why our birthplace made us inferior.
But you're not guilty, you were only following orders.
Oh don't feel guilty, for delivering their execution.
The Judge said "Not Guilty"...for plotting their termination.
We will take you to The Hague, and indict you before the United Nations.
The Commander has told you to let us go,
We received a letter that stopped the healthcare,
And now we have nowhere to go home to, nowhere to run,
We appealed the decision of our superiors,
Wondered why our birthplace made us inferior.
But you're not guilty, you were only following orders.
Oh don't feel guilty, for delivering their execution.
The Judge said "Not Guilty"...for plotting their termination.
It's not a war crime, but we'll take you to The Hague, and indict you before the United Nations.
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Cold Surrender Again
03:53
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This ain't no warm embrace it's cold surrender
To the scarecrows and the bogeymen and the pretenders
I'm not feeling it like you do I'm not feeling it at all
So why are you pushing us against the wall?
Your numbers are swollen like a vein
You're swinging the polls to the right again
The island has let slip cast adrift
Its tossed in a sickening orbit
We don't recognise our homes and its cutting up our bones
So farewell to life beyond the cliffs
Stuck in a sickening orbit
Goodnight my love
Take me to the airport Europa
Take me to the airport Europa
Take me to the airport Europa
Take me into the air
This ain't no warm embrace it's cold surrender
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Dust
03:43
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It's going to take a lot to forgive you,
After all these years,
I don't know if I gotta keep trying,
But I'm dying to know,
Are you still there and do you think of us here?
And I'm anxious to know, oh do you think of us here?
Falling down,
Its so dark, dark
Trying to find my way home,
Trying to find my way home,
I know you don't know,
I know you don't know,
Where I hide,
Where I lie,
Where I wait.
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
Hey old man, are you living or are you dust?
It hardly matters anymore when there is such distrust.
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Come Back When It's Over
03:05
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We may be sheltered
But we're shattered by the rains
The climate is changing
Our crops have failed again this year
We’re not seeing too many birds around here
It seems we’re in danger
Can we come back, when it’s over?
Let’s start again, when the winter’s gone
It’s not over 'til it’s over
I lean on your shoulder and try to carry on
We found refuge
But the torrent is breaching its banks
The delta is swirling
We’ve lost a few unlucky souls
Caught out by the undertow or the waves
We should stay together
Can we come back when it’s over?
Let’s start again when the winter’s gone
We'll be older, when it’s over
But we’re no pushover, we keep hanging on
Hanging on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
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When the world turns upside down
We all reach for a safe space
There's a whole lot of death in the air
It's so hard to keep the faith
For forty days and forty nights
I dreamed of birds and open skies
Such endless days, such restless nights
Is this my last goodbye, my last dance?
I can't wait 'till the day that we're on that road again
Crossing borders, the days are getting shorter
As we head for the sun
Oh we still wanna be someone
And we head for the south and follow where the swallows go
I can't wait 'till the day that we're on that road again
Crossing borders, the days are getting shorter
As we head for the sun
Oh we still wanna be someone
And we head for the south and follow where the swallows go
When the world turns upside down
We all reach for a safe space
There's a whole lot of death in the air
It's so hard to keep the faith
For forty days and forty nights
We dreamed of birds and open skies
Such endless days such restless nights
Is this our last goodbye, our last dance?
Is this our last goodbye?
Is this our last goodbye?
Is this our last goodbye?
Oh, is this our last goodbye?
Is this our last chance?
Is this our last dance?
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They're knocking at the door for you baby
They want to take you away now baby
They're rounding up the ewes
We have ten minutes to take our things
Leave our homes and everything
They're rounding up the ewes
I won't let you go without me
I can't think of life without you, oh no
Never wanted to tear it all apart
And now we're leaving everything behind us again
Knocking at the door
We have ten minutes to take our things
Leave our homes and everything
They're rounding up the ewes
We are stateless and weightless
We are betrayed
By our father and our sisters
And our mother too
I won't let you go without me
I can't think of life without you, oh no
Never wanted to tear it all apart
And now we're leaving everything behind us again
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Ten Katestraat Amsterdam, Netherlands
#Alternative #Indie guitar band concept based in Amsterdam & Geneva. A Brexit refugee and former street busker, English singer-songwriter Stephen J. Howard rebooted his music career after playing his new defiant political songs at the Amsterdam Songwriters' Guild Cafe de Koe open mic in August 2017. A string of single releases since 2019 have gained Dutch and international radio play. ... more
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