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Broken Land Lyrics
These rivers run too deep
With schemes of men for days that lay ahead
They sell their souls so cheap
They breed mistrust and fill my heart with dread
When did the boy become a man
And lose his life to learn
So much confusion to this plan
These times are not changing
Show me the love to keep us together
Open up your hearts don't turn me away
Comfort me through this stormy weather
From where I stand, I see a broken land
This boy had learned to fail
In times like these to cry seems so absurd
His own life's crisis pales
In the shadow of this truly dying world
These are the games we played at school
Our hands raised in despair
With no exception to the rule
These times are not changing
With schemes of men for days that lay ahead
They sell their souls so cheap
They breed mistrust and fill my heart with dread
When did the boy become a man
And lose his life to learn
So much confusion to this plan
These times are not changing
Open up your hearts don't turn me away
Comfort me through this stormy weather
From where I stand, I see a broken land
In times like these to cry seems so absurd
His own life's crisis pales
In the shadow of this truly dying world
These are the games we played at school
Our hands raised in despair
With no exception to the rule
These times are not changing
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One of my favorites from The Adventures (beside Two rivers), whenever I feel nostalgic I play this song... Powerful enough to bring me back to it's own time and genre... simply beautiful...
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I'd love to know what inspired it. Beyond the imagery of the broken land and the storm, I've never really understood what it's about.
Updating my last comment - I have since found out that this song was inspired by the Troubles in Ireland in the '70s and '80s... a fact which does not at all diminish the beauty of the song.
They talk about Ireland their broken land learn to listen carefully