Stolen Land

Lyrics

From Tierra del Fuego to Ungava Bay
 The history of betrayal continues to today
 The spirit of Almighty Voice, the ghost of Anna Mae
 Call like thunder from the mountains -- you can hear them say
 It's a stolen land
 Apartheid in Arizona, slaughter in Brazil
 If bullets don't get good PR there's other ways to kill
 Kidnap all the children, put 'em in a foreign system
 Bring them up in no-man's land where no one really wants them
 It's a stolen land
 Stolen land -- but it's all we've got
 Stolen land -- and there's no going back
 Stolen land -- and we'll never forget
 Stolen land -- and we're not through yet
 In my mind I catch a picture -- big black raven in the sky
 Looking at the ocean -- sail reflected in black eye --
 Sail as white as heroin, white like weathered bones --
 Rum and guns and smallpox gonna change the face of home
 In this stolen land...
 If you're like me you'd like to think we've learned from our mistakes
 Enough to know we can't play god with others' lives at stake
 So now we've all discovered the world wasn't only made for whites
 What step are you gonna take to try and set things right
 In this stolen land
 Stolen land -- but it's all we've got
 Stolen land -- and there's no going back
 Stolen land -- and we'll never forget
 Stolen land -- and we're not through yet

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Song Details

Duration
03:13
Key
10
Tempo
108 BPM

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