The Korgis

Lyrics

Surrounded by scenes of conflict and war
Where giant corporations take more and more
Where A.I. friends tell us how we should live
Who should we take from, where should we give
Where strength is in bullets and weakness is pity
Where desperate hunger lives in bombed out cities
Where world leaders act as unsupervised children
Spouting tantrum rants when a wish is forbidden

When my senses could no longer process the scenes
Finally I fell into an uneasy dream
I dreamed of a parchment weathered and old
It showed four figures at the end of the road
Framed with destruction only war can deliver
Four figures stood at the edge of The River

A preacher, and a Songman
were walking down the highway
One has an old guitar
One has a Bible in his hand
A young girl from the Purelands
Joined them on the Black Road
Said I'm seeing things that
I don't understand

I saw a cloud grow like a mushroom
I swore it had a clown face
Four horses rode before it
On the wind
I felt the deaths of a million Brothers
At the hands of the Devil's son
Heard the cries of pain
When the cycle starts again… and again

He said 'That's the sound of war
and that's the sound of hate
Better cross the river
Before it's much too late
Cause on the other side
So the prophecies are told
Are the souls that feed the river
As the river feeds the soul'

As the sun fell, toward the mountains
They ignored the clouds behind them
And the songman sang of gatherings in the sun
When his family were reunited
They could join us on the Black Road
And get far away from the riots and the guns

Far from the call of war
And the acrid stench of hate
Get 'em 'cross the river
Before it's much too late
Cause on the other side
So the prophecies are told
Are the souls that feed the river
As the river feeds the soul

SOLO

Can you hear the sound of war
Can you see the scowl of hate
Better cross the river
Before it's much too late
Cause on the other side
So the prophecies are told
Are the souls that feed the river
As the river feeds the soul