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[Verse 1]
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A million times I've looked at the tides
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Never before found myself blinded
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By the cold burning tears of anger and pity and shame
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Lying before me is a tiny young life
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Hated by years of hatred and crime
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Killed by indifferent, fanatic religious divides

[Verse 2]
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They crept out of hiding and ran for their lives
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Too young for the fighting, too young to take sides
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They're hope for the future washed up there in the brine
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It's important to know that the waters they choked in
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Were international, they'd pinned all their hopes
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Rumours of Eden, the promise of freedom we gave

[Vesre 3]
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But the you door left open you slammed in their face
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Now full of self-loathing this common disgrace
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As a world we did nothing and silently let them die
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So tell me my friends does the future look rosy?
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Do you sleep well in bed, safe warm and cosy?
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Do you hope someone finds a solution overnight?
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And tell me again how history repeats
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How we can learn from all our mistakes
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How you'd like to help, but sadly your hands are tied

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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With racists and bigots running countries and business
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No real religions just misguided misfits
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Business as usual, towing the party line
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How proud you must feel when you're cutting your deals
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With arms manufacturer's greasing the wheels
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Selling bullets and bombs to the men with the guns taking lives
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So tell me my friend does the future look rosy?
       G                  Em
Do you sleep well in bed, safe warm and cosy?
      Am                      D          G
Do you hope someone finds a solution overnight?

[Outro]
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Tell me again how history repeats
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How we could learn from all our mistakes
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How you'd like to help, but sadly you haven't the time