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THE LIVING FIELDS LYRICS
"The Miseries Never Cease" (2004 Demo)
1. A Leveling Spirit
2. The Miseries Never Cease
3. Dim Prospects
4. Empires Fall
1. A Leveling Spirit
To cleanse wealth and find a new system
Working for the common good
Without stifling excellence
Achievement, the way forward
Progress, creation, success of a nation
See fires, burning, in the distance
See fires, burning, it's your home
Into the throes of revolution
With people pushed so far that blood must be shed
What other option is available
When there's no hope left
The pain of striking down your own brother
I would hope never to have to face
But there is a world where sometimes it is inevitable
And that world is one occupied by the human race
See fires, burning, in the distance
See fires, burning, it's your home
The level spirits like history did before
To breed dissent and pave a road to war
Give men no choice and a leader will arise
To challenge pride and forge a cause to fight
Can you stand in judgment and plead innocence
Do you trust the virtues of your own policy
A monumental certainly that this path is righteous
Or does this give us a glimpse through a window into hell
Be careful not to back yourself into a corner
Words only go so far to save you from the mob
There will be no pity when you're up against the wall
The level spirits like history did before
To breed dissent and pave a road to war
See fires, burning, in the distance
See fires, burning, it's your home
Leveling spirit, a truth be told
This spirit is burning, it is dying to be free
2. The Miseries Never Cease
The sun greets a new dawn
Cuts through the cloudy morn
The fields that are my home
My love and our newborn
A mist comes from the sea
And brings strange malady
Bare ground and empty stores
The roots as black as soot
Utter hopeless blight
Those in power thrive while we suffer to stay alive
Blood mixed with rot is all we have to eat for months
No sustenance, my people all starve, they all die
What have we done?
Who did we wrong?
Why do we deserve
Such complete contempt?
Many more will die before the end
How can they live with guilt like this?
Now my worst fears come to be, my family, they are gone
Innocence taken from me, and have to work for the privilege
Nothing just
Lost all faith
Country breaks
A source of rage for years to come
Nothing just
Lost all faith
My heart breaks
A source of rage for years to come
Time to leave here and start a new life
Broken men have no options left
Those in power never paid for their crimes
And now I stand alone
The darkness melts away
From ships across the sea
To bury tragedy
Take hold of destiny
And face a brave new world
I can tame my fate, find love again, but never forget
How, once destroyed, I clawed my way back into the light
[In the mid-1800's, a famine swept across Ireland, claiming over a million lives and tearing an entire people apart as huge portions of the population emigrated to America.
As if the natural disaster weren't bad enough, English landlords and overseers took ruthless advantage of the situation, resulting in more misery for the population and attributing to the brutal length of famine.
It was a textbook case of oppression by an opulent minority and contributed to Ireland's bloody struggle for independence for years after.]
3. Dim Prospects
4. Empires Fall
Your god given right to bear arms
The dull glow of last dying sons
National identity lost
Once great and sinking fast
Driven by possessive impulse
Don't you know that you'll die alone
The treasured gifts all now gone
What they fought for, your freedom
Empire's rise
Invariably fall
Collapse in greed
Like Rome did long ago
The forefathers you treat with such
Reverence, are bitter in their graves
This is a mockery
Beyond mere treachery
A fundamental blasphemy
Against your god
Against your country
And humanity
Proves your insecurity
Empire's rise
Invariably fall
Collapse in greed
Like Rome did long ago
Drowned in molten failure
A dumbing down and soul erasure
What is your purpose
How can you be part of this circus
A fundamental blasphemy
Against your god
Against your country
And humanity
Proves your instability
Driven by possessive impulse
Don't you know that you'll die alone
The treasured gifts all now gone
What they fought for, your freedom
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