land of the blind (by deav)
Rio, Jan 2007


if you think you're safe
up your ivory tower
know there’s a greater power
locks won’t keep them out

if your feet is on the ground
you go on the simple way
take a good look around
that won’t keep them out

by or against the law
steel walls turned to straw
they’ll get your head down anyway

reason is just no use
you think you got nothing to lose
they’ll rape your women anyway

if you live by your belief
go on the righteous way
you just can’t keep your peace
faith won’t keep them out

if you fight to make a change
take justice in your hands
beware that in the end
you don’t become “them”

hero or heavy hand
no matter which side you stand
they’ll kill your children anyway

ideas misguided as flags
another turn of the hourglass
they’ll burn your poets anyway…


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