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Dance Called America Lyrics
The landlords came
The peasant trials
To sacrifice of men
Through the past and that quite darkly
The presence once again
In the name of capital
Establishment
Improvers, its a name
The hidden truths
The hidden lies
That once nailed you
To the pain
They did a dance
Called America
They danced it round
And waited at the turns
For America
They danced their ladies round
To the candles
Of enlightenment
Once lit they say don't burn
To turn the darkest room of suffering
To a greater state of pain
Don't tell me that's behind you now
Don't greet me
Don't meet your dying blind
It's our very last stand together
So let’s sever
No regrets
(Chorus)
There were days
That once held confidence
Strength of will and mind
The camouflage that once washed your fathers
Your sons and daughters time
Another Tounge
My love, my island
You've gone international
With all the praying men of God
Who stood
And watched it all go on
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
The peasant trials
To sacrifice of men
Through the past and that quite darkly
The presence once again
In the name of capital
Establishment
Improvers, its a name
The hidden truths
The hidden lies
That once nailed you
To the pain
Called America
They danced it round
And waited at the turns
For America
They danced their ladies round
Of enlightenment
Once lit they say don't burn
To turn the darkest room of suffering
To a greater state of pain
Don't tell me that's behind you now
Don't greet me
Don't meet your dying blind
It's our very last stand together
So let’s sever
No regrets
That once held confidence
Strength of will and mind
The camouflage that once washed your fathers
Your sons and daughters time
My love, my island
You've gone international
With all the praying men of God
Who stood
And watched it all go on
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I don't know jack about this artist, but I heard this song on Pandora and I liked it a lot. Not sure what it means, but it reminded me of the Proclaimer's song Letter to America. These guys have Scottish accents too, right?
Runrig are a Scottish band, with the founding members coming from the Outer Hebrides (Skye and North Uist) - the song is about the Highland clearances and the fact that the cynical English who forced so many Scots to emigrate to the Americas actually named a dance "America" in "honour" of the Scots... >:(
Runrig are a Scottish band, with the founding members coming from the Outer Hebrides (Skye and North Uist) - the song is about the Highland clearances and the fact that the cynical English who forced so many Scots to emigrate to the Americas actually named a dance "America" in "honour" of the Scots... >:(