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(No More) Paddy's Lament Lyrics
"The heavens roared and o' the heavens roared
And the drowning of a nation commenced
But now no wave impedes or flows
With the tears of young Paddy's laments"
Wipe the blood from your lip
With the flesh of your hand
There's no thorn in the side left to grow
So let's cherish the names that were lost for our age
With the ruin now the suffer must go
Where traditions they blend, lives a home on the mend
The grass glistens now for all sides
So let's sever the shame
We have come to reclaim with the water's retreat
Feel the shore
When the red rose paled
Lay a thousand graves many more
Though their ghosts still haunt
For the day we've come to live for
Don't look back for what's dead now is saved
The exiled are home where their souls were kept safe
Take me back on the crest of a wave
No more tears for young Paddy's lament
No more tears, no more Paddy's lament
Rip the grief from its' heart
There's no sorrow tonight
For now once banished dreams sleep divine
Where the silence you hear is the prosper we share
The only blade is a razor sharp smile
Still a church bell rings
To collect the sins that still roam
But the only thing lost is the pain
When nothing was more
Don't look back for what's dead now is saved
The exiled are home where their souls were kept safe
Take me back on the crest of a wave
No more tears for young Paddy's lament
No more tears, no more Paddy's lament
Grab the leaf of the branch
From the tree in its' ground
Where these roots claim the earth many toiled
To a land that now stands
Under no one's command
And her beauty let no man destroy
So remember the gun
And the damage it's done
The last drop has been split
For you and I
Let there be no despair
For the gloom we once shared
Brush the tear from the eye that still shines
When the red rose paled
Lay a thousand graves many more
Though their ghosts still haunt
For the day we've come to live for
Don't look back for what's dead now is saved
The exiled are home where their souls were kept safe
Take me back on the crest of a wave
No more tears for young Paddy's lament
No more tears, no more Paddy's lament
And the drowning of a nation commenced
But now no wave impedes or flows
With the tears of young Paddy's laments"
With the flesh of your hand
There's no thorn in the side left to grow
So let's cherish the names that were lost for our age
With the ruin now the suffer must go
Where traditions they blend, lives a home on the mend
The grass glistens now for all sides
So let's sever the shame
We have come to reclaim with the water's retreat
Feel the shore
Lay a thousand graves many more
Though their ghosts still haunt
For the day we've come to live for
The exiled are home where their souls were kept safe
Take me back on the crest of a wave
No more tears for young Paddy's lament
No more tears, no more Paddy's lament
There's no sorrow tonight
For now once banished dreams sleep divine
Where the silence you hear is the prosper we share
The only blade is a razor sharp smile
To collect the sins that still roam
But the only thing lost is the pain
When nothing was more
The exiled are home where their souls were kept safe
Take me back on the crest of a wave
No more tears for young Paddy's lament
No more tears, no more Paddy's lament
From the tree in its' ground
Where these roots claim the earth many toiled
To a land that now stands
Under no one's command
And her beauty let no man destroy
So remember the gun
And the damage it's done
The last drop has been split
For you and I
Let there be no despair
For the gloom we once shared
Brush the tear from the eye that still shines
Lay a thousand graves many more
Though their ghosts still haunt
For the day we've come to live for
The exiled are home where their souls were kept safe
Take me back on the crest of a wave
No more tears for young Paddy's lament
No more tears, no more Paddy's lament
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Paddy's Lament, or "Paddy's Lamentation" is an Irish Folk Song written about the disillusionment felt by many of the original Irish immigrants to America, as they were made to fight in America's wars almost as soon as they arrived. The poem describes the horrors of fighting in a war not theirs, and thus the song is a reflection of the times we live in...where America is yet again fighting a war that doesn't need to be fought, and everyone else is being made to choose sides.
The song is partly an anti-war song in that sense, and is more or less saying that war tears families and friends apart needlessly. It's also trying to make the point that too often we repeat ourselves and that breaking away from this vicious cycle would mean an age of respite for the world.
Saw them live on the 14th of March. Dave said it was about the fact that there's finally peace in Ireland, though, still no unity or freedom form the crown...
one irish rover's got my number. its all about how the irish have found peace, but G.B. isn't giving in to freedom. also, i think its also about how many irishmen are trying to rouse the populace into violence against the crown, and the negative effects it could have
"Don't look back for what's dead now is saved"
This is my favorite song on the new album. Aesthetically (sp?) very pleasing. Haven't had a chance to really delve deeper yet but I loved so much I felt a need to comment.
The song is about excepting what Ireland has become. Things are well there, better then they have been. Why ruin a good thing with constant fighting? The Prods and Cathys have been fighting for centurys so they should stop now, no more blood.
Paddy's Lament is an Irish folk song about Irish immigrants being asked to fight in the American Civil War as soon as they got to America, and then these immigrants ended up wishing they'd stayed in Ireland. They left Ireland because there are no jobs there (which Dave King also said in Black Friday Rule) but then they realized they'd rather be jobless and hungry than fighting in a war they didn't want to fight.
Fast forward to the 21st Century, there are still no jobs in Ireland, but America is no longer fighting a Civil War. So like he said in Black Friday Rule, Dave King tells us again that America is a better place to be than Ireland these days. Therefore, Irish immigrants should no longer be singing a song about longing for home. Hence: "No More Paddy's Lament."