A revolving wheel of metal chairs
Hung on chains, squealing
Four little children flying out
A blind man sings in Arabic
Hey little children don’t disappear
(I heard it was 28,000)
Lost upon a revolving wheel
(I heard it was 28,000)
Now you see them, now you don’t
Children vanish ‘hind vehicle
Now you see them, now you don’t
Faces, limbs, a bouncing skull
Hey little children don’t disappear
(I heard it was 28,000)
All that’s left after a year
(I heard it was 28,000)
A faded face, the trace of an ear
(I heard it was 28,000)
A tableau of the missing
Tied to the government building
8,000 sun-bleached photographs
Faded with the roses
Hey little children don’t disappear
(I heard it was 28,000)
Lost upon a revolving wheel
(I heard it was 28,000)
All that’s left after a year
(I heard it was 28,000)
A faded face, the trace of an ear
(I heard it was 28,000)
And watch them fade out
And watch them fade out
And watch them fade out...
Hung on chains, squealing
Four little children flying out
A blind man sings in Arabic
(I heard it was 28,000)
Lost upon a revolving wheel
(I heard it was 28,000)
Children vanish ‘hind vehicle
Now you see them, now you don’t
Faces, limbs, a bouncing skull
(I heard it was 28,000)
All that’s left after a year
(I heard it was 28,000)
A faded face, the trace of an ear
(I heard it was 28,000)
Tied to the government building
8,000 sun-bleached photographs
Faded with the roses
(I heard it was 28,000)
Lost upon a revolving wheel
(I heard it was 28,000)
All that’s left after a year
(I heard it was 28,000)
A faded face, the trace of an ear
(I heard it was 28,000)
And watch them fade out
And watch them fade out...
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The record was inspired by Harvey's trips to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington, D.C. with photographer Seamus Murphy over a four-year period. This song depicts an empty playground with lyrics about "28,000" children vanishing in Kosovo.