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This Common House (ft. Mr Gee)

from Salvation (EP) by Fold

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Born of distant chimes from Big Ben sounding out clear
are now but faded harmonics in history's memory
Recollections of thoughts, opinions, slangs and ideas
each government reinvents the wheel rotating new energy

Each debate is but a fragmented echo of past voices once heard
each law a composition of their melody
Each new scandal is a revelation of what's already occurred
as the future desires make amnesia hereditary

Call out to the same buildings where the lawmakers now roam
call out to these pavements of pedigree
Question the side-street philosophies of these corners of stone
the dead ends that turn our neighbours into enemies

If Westminster could speak, what secrets would it leak
if the concretes could talk would it tell?
If the gutters and drains could wash away our pain
could it wash away the stain of our guiltiness as well?

For far far away from the tales of this parliament dear
lies a land full of wonder 'a plenty
A place of Mesopotamian and Persian ideals
where dark gold would eventually legalise a dark entry

Call out to the desert, the sand and the wind
call out to a civilisation of centuries
Call out to the flesh meeting bullets of sin
a dangerous oasis now proved to be empty

If only the oil could repent for the trouble it caused
and our appetite could relinquish its frenzy
If only the fire for the fuel could apologise for the shock and the awe
would our memoirs be linked to such legacy

So reply to Big Ben's chimes throughout the ages of time
remind this common house that its bound to its penalties
Let us pray that the laws which govern all our lives
ring true with a new virtue of fidelity

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from Salvation (EP), released October 28, 2013

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