In a world gone mad, watch man kill man
Where sport is war and war is sport;
And even though they’re killing each other
It looks as though they’re making love;
But if you wanna dance, let me hold your hand
We’ll spread the light of understanding!
For what you say they will kill you,
Say, you died, at least you tried
To counteract one mean machine
Controlling what you think you see;
Coz it ain’t so hard to get used
o being numb or obtuse!
How dare you question the official narrative?
The word of God as told by men
Who pass it on to their children,
Just as it was passed onto them.
Well I’ve been to heaven, been through hell
And sought a divine inmost self!
In a world gone mad, according to plan,
Circles of power, follow the cash;
And frack her, mother, earth she cries,
Generation soldier on the rise;
So let it be known, let us be no more
When the bees cease to be!
Here’s a tune that sounds like you
Passing time on the road
To the place we never knew,
Home of the philosopher’s stone!
Here’s a tune that sounds like you
Passing time on the road
To the place we never knew,
Home at last, in love we fall!
credits
from Planet Paradise,
released March 21, 2019
Words: A. El-Motassem
Music: A. El-Motassem/ F. Lonberg-Holm
Fred Lonberg-Holm: Electric bass, guitars, percussion
Ahmed El-Motassem: Vocals, percussion
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