GOANNA BAND

Lyrics

From everywhere and now to here
The sound of bells as evening edges near
Vacant eyes stare out to sea
A hungry world is starin’ back for free
Standin’ here we make no sound
Believing love can still be found
Desperate we search for common ground
Phoenician ships sail out to sea
Filled with time and ancient history
While other ships sail out to space
To search for time or win some endless race
But Icarus beware the sun!
Your youthful feathers come undone
We watch them fall ...
We count them one by one
No barefoot tribes to walk the land
Civilised we bleed them into sand
The tallest poppies fall from grace
Hollow men take power and take their place
The atom splits, black holes are born
Into this chaos science warns
Truth is written down in shifting sands
Urgently we search for clues
Every morning read the daily news
Hollow words that ring and ring
In New York city hear the sirens sing
If mushroom clouds hang overhead
We’ll tuck our children into bed
Sayin’ ‘This is what we’ve all been waiting for’
Billowed sails and blood red sun
Flags are raised and tear apart each one
While nations battle, rise and fall
Love walks lonely by the Berlin wall
Carelessly we make no sound
Hoping love can still be found
While planet earth is built on common ground
Love wants to be found
As planet earth is built on common ground