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Battle Scars (feat. Willy Mason) Lyrics
There's no path to follow
There's no path to follow
There's a line in the sand
Put there by the man
By a man whose children
Built the castles made of stone
There's a man in the sky
Giving reasons why
That line grows deeper
Like these shackles round our bones
Hold on to my arm
Here come battle scars
It's the final charge
Here come battle scars
There's a child born
To the land of scorn
Sees past the borders
And the lords that hold his hand
He was led like a lamb
All part of the plan
This castle crumbles
As he walks out of this land
Hold on to my arm
Here come battle scars
It's the final charge
Here come battle scars
This is what we are
Here come battle scars
This is where we are
Here come battle scars
There's no path to follow
There's no path to follow
There's no path to follow
Living for the reasons
Of the dead that move to
Paper from their heads
Until my fingers
And my dead leaving me
Strangled by the rent
I have no purpose in this land
Have I forgotten how to stand up
With the humor and the need
I've got to find a way to be
I just turn up the stereo
I can't survive without the cold
This culture's fallen off its feet
I've got to find a brand new beat
Beat, beat, beat
Beat, beat, beat
Beat, beat, beat, beat
There's a road ahead
'Tween the live and dead
Church bells are ringing
Like the panic in my head
Step, step, one by one
Walk into the setting sun
Water's rising, rising fast
History catching up at last
Danger ahead, death behind
No one to follow but old man time
Time, time, take us back
Before the line was drawn
Before the sky turned black, black, black
There's no path to follow
Put there by the man
By a man whose children
Built the castles made of stone
Giving reasons why
That line grows deeper
Like these shackles round our bones
Here come battle scars
It's the final charge
Here come battle scars
To the land of scorn
Sees past the borders
And the lords that hold his hand
All part of the plan
This castle crumbles
As he walks out of this land
Here come battle scars
It's the final charge
Here come battle scars
Here come battle scars
This is where we are
Here come battle scars
There's no path to follow
There's no path to follow
Of the dead that move to
Paper from their heads
Until my fingers
And my dead leaving me
Strangled by the rent
Have I forgotten how to stand up
With the humor and the need
I've got to find a way to be
I can't survive without the cold
This culture's fallen off its feet
I've got to find a brand new beat
Beat, beat, beat
Beat, beat, beat, beat
'Tween the live and dead
Church bells are ringing
Like the panic in my head
Walk into the setting sun
Water's rising, rising fast
History catching up at last
No one to follow but old man time
Before the line was drawn
Before the sky turned black, black, black
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"Time, time, take us back before the line was drawn Before the sky turned black"
Awesome song, and Willy has the best voice for it
Probably some thinly-veiled commentary on the state of the world, although unlike Left Right the lyrics are actually good (I love the instrumentals for both though).
The song is about breaking out of the status quo. The people that set up the status quo, "line in the sand put there by the man", and the people reaping the rewards of the status quo "children built the castles made of stone", the people who don't do anything about it and just talk about it "man in the sky". Then there's the people who actually change the status quo and endure "battle scars", the child. Then the leading to the changing of everything and the unraveling of the status quo (when the song picks up pace).