Raise - David Ford.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : David Ford
[00:00.78] 作曲 : David Ford
[00:01.56]I cannot raise a smile
[00:05.07]I cannot raise a fist
[00:07.53]I cannot comprehend the cost of all these opportunities I missed
[00:14.97]While I was waiting for an intervention
[00:18.51]While I was waiting for the phone to ring
[00:21.36]These creatures jumped the walls and sunk their teeth into the heart of everything
[00:28.89]Or did it happen while I wasn’t looking
[00:32.31]Did I just step aside and welcome in the wolves in poorly fitted sheep’s attire,
[00:39.33]The lambs adorned in wolfish skin?
[00:42.78]The words are separated from their meaning
[00:46.44]And truth is separated from the fact
[00:49.08]The vermin have consumed the trail of breadcrumbs
[00:53.55]Now I’m scared there’s no way back
[00:56.70]Aint that the way you slide
[01:00.15]A sleepwalk to the darker side
[01:03.36]And love is not the answer I’m afraid
[01:11.04]The moment came and I just stood and watched it happened
[01:17.34]And I’m ashamed
[01:38.91]I spend my money in the usual places
[01:42.48]I buy a lot of shit that I don’t need
[01:44.94]I recognise the frailty of the age in terms of lust and hate and greed
[01:52.44]But never see it in my own reflection
[01:55.95]I don’t consider that I’m one of these oblivious, self-interested fools
[02:02.70]Content to live and die on bended knees
[02:06.21]Like I’m the servant of a natural order
[02:09.75]And never happier than when I’m crushed
[02:12.72]beneath the looming, loving leather boot
[02:16.74]of that sweet oppression I’ve come to trust
[02:19.95]like it’s the only thing that keeps me grounded
[02:23.46]that helps instill in me a sense of pride
[02:26.85]the daunting odds I strive to overcome
[02:30.54]but in truth I barely even tried
[02:34.14]Aint that just the way you find
[02:37.11]Your aspirations get resigned
[02:40.68]And love is not the answer I’m afraid
[02:48.06]The moment came and I just turned and looked away
[02:53.40]And I’m ashamed
[03:01.59]Everybody tells it like it is
[03:04.86]But every day the same old sun comes up on days like this
[03:58.02]I cannot raise an army
[04:00.75]But I will not raise the flag
[04:04.02]I’ll call myself a rebel, scream seditious words into a paper bag
[04:11.28]And make believe that it could make a difference
[04:13.62]And maybe this time we can start a fire
[04:17.58]By preaching eloquent, impassioned testimony only to the choir
[04:25.02]It’s not important that you stand for something
[04:28.38]You just need something you can rail against
[04:31.29]The mortal sin of the poorly chosen word
[04:35.82]Or a joke that may just cause offence
[04:38.70]But any God without a sense of humour
[04:42.36]Is not a deity that I could love
[04:45.09]And who would choose eternity in a stern, unsmiling paradise above?
[04:52.50]But that’s just the way you slide
[04:55.35]The scripture will not be denied
[04:59.07]And love is not the answer I’m afraid
[05:06.45]The moment came and I just stood and watched it happen
[05:11.31]And I’m ashamed
[05:33.72]Can we not raise the standard of our discourse
[05:38.34]Much above a howl of neatly scripted indignation
[05:43.71]Punctuated by cries of peace and love
[05:47.16]It’s not enough to hold a firm opinion
[05:50.46]The counter-argument must be eviscerated in some frenzied moral outrage
[05:58.05]All damnation, no debate
[06:00.69]You see the meek stand to inherit nothing
[06:04.14]Unless they have the will to lawyer up
[06:07.02]Or fight so dirty as to contradict their claim of meekness
[06:12.75]And there’s the rub
[06:14.37]I’m well aware that I’m the one who’s shouting
[06:17.52]Don’t think the irony is lost on me
[06:20.19]A call for sober, calmly measured reason screamed in bold hypocrisy!
[06:28.02]It’s gonna take a whole lot more than words to tame the dogs of war
[06:34.53]And love is not the answer I’m afraid
[06:41.73]My generation blew its chance, now let’s get the hell out of the way