Lyrics Island - Tanuki

Island

We’re still waiting
For the day we’d call this home
The beating of our fragrant shores
It’s all we’ve come to know
They thought to cover them
The scars they left on those abandoned hearts
On that forgotten square
Do you still remember?
The crowd will take the streets despite
The waves will march on us tonight
They came to bury us
Underneath the notes we hung
We didn’t build this wall just to watch them tear it down
And in the sleepless hours the countless lights
We bridge the parasols with sign
Can it shield us from the fear
They won’t stop at choking or blinding us
We know that they’re out for blood this time
The number of the wounded is far too much
This may come to cost us every life
They came to bury us
Underneath the notes we hung
We didn’t build this wall just to watch them tear it down
We came with empty hands
Carried by out native tongue
They tried to break us all
But still we held our ground
You can’t take this back
So we will paint it black
The red they chose for us
Has never been our own
You can keep your lies
Give up the dead you hide
They won’t get away with this one
They came to bury us
Underneath the notes we hung
They didn’t build this wall just to watch them tear it down
We came with empty hands
Carried by our native tongue
They tried to break us all
But still we held our ground
No matter what it takes, don’t let them tear you down