Lyrics Architecture of Amnesia - Gruff Rhys

Architecture of Amnesia

Oh, my fallen one
Let complacent to the surface
And if I only could’ve been there
Then I would’ve seen the urge
And I’ll carry you
Through the rhetoric and shells
Of exploding heads and sand bags
Thrown by bigots, green by blue bands
Close the batons, fill the jars
Seal the windows, lock the doors
Paranoia will eclipse the rational and spill
Architecture of amnesia
Scare the people with hysteria
Architecture of amnesia
It’s a battle monumental
And the narrative
Led the hungry to the arts
With a lure of false promises, a fear of touch
And they built a world
Switched on search lights on the brim
And invented their pariah, at which everyone was shouting
Close the batons, stock the drawers
Seal the windows, lock the doors
Take a bayonet and don’t let anybody in
Architecture of amnesia
Scare the people with hysteria
Architecture of amnesia
It’s a battle monumental
Drive of formation, alienation
Drive of formation, alienation
Drive of formation, alienation
Drive of formation, alienation
Architecture of amnesia
Paranormal anesthesia
Architecture of amnesia
History lessons disappear
Architecture of amnesia
Scare the people with hysteria
Architecture of amnesia
It’s a battle monumental