How to stop the murdering?
By now we should have learned —
If we don’t then we’re a sham
Bad overwhelms the good
Bad overwhelms the good
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
What I’ve seen —
Yes, it’s changed how
I see humankind —
I used to think progress was made
We could get something right
We could get something right
Enough is enough
A line in the sand
Seven or eight thousand people
Killed by hand
They stepped off the edge
They did not step back
If we have not learnt
By now
Then we’re a sham
When we first got to the camp
Our supplies were not enough
I saw a displaced family
Eating a cold horse's hoof
Oh a cold horse's hoof
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
We sent up tents
Brought in water
Air drops were dispersed
I saw people kill each other
Just to get there first
Oh just to get there first
Enough is enough
A line in the sand
Seven or eight thousand people
Killed by hand
They stepped off the edge
They did not step back
If we have not learnt
By now
Then we’re a sham
What we did?
Why we did?
I make no excuse —
We got things wrong
But I believe
We also did some good
What we did?
Why we did?
I make no excuse —
I believe we have a future
To do something good
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
By now we should have learned —
If we don’t then we’re a sham
Bad overwhelms the good
Bad overwhelms the good
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
What I’ve seen —
Yes, it’s changed how
I see humankind —
I used to think progress was made
We could get something right
We could get something right
Enough is enough
A line in the sand
Seven or eight thousand people
Killed by hand
They stepped off the edge
They did not step back
If we have not learnt
By now
Then we’re a sham
When we first got to the camp
Our supplies were not enough
I saw a displaced family
Eating a cold horse's hoof
Oh a cold horse's hoof
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
We sent up tents
Brought in water
Air drops were dispersed
I saw people kill each other
Just to get there first
Oh just to get there first
Enough is enough
A line in the sand
Seven or eight thousand people
Killed by hand
They stepped off the edge
They did not step back
If we have not learnt
By now
Then we’re a sham
What we did?
Why we did?
I make no excuse —
We got things wrong
But I believe
We also did some good
What we did?
Why we did?
I make no excuse —
I believe we have a future
To do something good
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
inviata da dq82 - 16/4/2016 - 09:42
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The Hope Six Demolition Project
The Community of Hope - The Ministry of Defence - A Line in the Sand - Chain of Keys - All Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln - Dollar, Dollar - The Wheel
A Line in the Sand, meanwhile, is flatly terrifying. This time the voice is of a worker in a refugee camp, detailing the horrors he’s seen – refugees murdering each other over air-dropped food, “a displaced family eating a cold horse’s hoof” – the whole thing somehow rendered bleaker still by the fact that Harvey sings his words to a jaunty, skipping melody, in a blithe, high-pitched voice.
A Line In The Sand fonda la sua bellezza su uno degli elementi più importanti del disco: il ritmo. Stavolta si tratta di un tappeto tribale che si risolve in un ritornello ipnotico. Immancabili il sax e le chitarre riverberate, qui quasi in disparte per buona parte del brano per poi emergere e ricalcare la seconda parte della canzone.