Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Cry of the Martyrs, artist - Algiers. Album song The Underside of Power, in the genre Альтернатива
Date of issue: 22.06.2017
Record label: Matador
Song language: English
Cry of the Martyrs |
With the world to win behind us |
Our hands shorn for all to see |
They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us |
Of our defeat at Calvary |
They’ll say our whole life is a locust |
Disturbing their fractious peace |
But it is they who mangle our horizons |
Of our defeat at Calvary |
But I see the light and I see the sea |
Despite the future crashing down and closing over me |
I got power over all my enemies |
Listen to the martyrs cry for me |
I see the light and I see the sea |
The sun is going down but it won’t ease the burning |
I’ve seen it written on the other side of history |
Listen to the martyrs cry for me |
With the world to win behind us |
Our hands shorn for all to see |
They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us |
Of our defeat at Calvary |
They’ll say our whole life is a locust |
Disturbing their fractious peace |
But it is they who mangle our horizons |
Of our defeat at Calvary |
There are histories of violence |
Reduce our memories to silence |
Repressing all the stories of the unsung and unseen |
Listen to the martyrs cry for me |
I see the light and I see the sea |
I’m ready for the spiral down |
I’m waiting for perdition |
But I can’t carry myself down to die in peace |
Listen to the martyrs cry |
With the world to win behind us |
Our hands shorn for all to see |
They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us |
Of our defeat at Calvary |
They’ll say our whole life is a locust |
Disturbing their fractious peace |
But it is they who mangle our horizons |
Of our defeat at Calvary |