The Writing On My Father’s Hand - Dead Can Dance

In the dark there's always a corner of light somewhere I can see it when you close your eyes And in my heart there's always a specter of you in there I can see it when you close your eyes I believe, yes I do I got faith and I got love Me and you I was sure we would rise and overcome But my heart tells the truth Like the beating of a drum Like the beating of a drum I don't want this anymore So you can't give up but I can't keep giving Oh, if you go higher we will fall And I won't wake up to the lie we're living We are writings on the wall On my skin those scars from the pieces of this heart ache You can see them in the neon lights And deep within the love that we lost long ago I'll break And I never wanna say goodbye I believe, yes I do I got faith and I got love It was you, you and I Like an echo from above But my heart tells the truth Like the beating of a drum Like the beating of a drum I don't want this anymore So you can't give up but I can't keep giving Oh, if you go higher we will fall And I won't wake up to the lie we're living We are writings on the wall We are writings on the wall We are writings on the wall In the dark there's always a corner of light somewhere So you can't keep up but I can't keep giving You go higher we will fall And I won't wake up to the lie we're living We are writings on the wall So you can't keep up but I can't keep giving You go higher we will fall I won't wake up to the lie we're living We are writings on the wall We are writings on the wall We are writings on the wall

A 1000 years from now on The flame of life's gone out The earth, a frozen wasteland No living trace, no sounds The world did die in anguish The ashes turned to dust Fire and ice, blackness of night Man's evolution has lost Don't tell me that we didn't know And that we haven't been told The final S.O.S. we all ignored We've seen the writing on the wall The writing on the wall The science of the madman Was getting out of control For every creature comfort There is a heavy toll We turned on mother nature Stabbed her deep in a back We ripped out her lungs, poisoned her veins Internal acid attack Don't tell me that we didn't know And that we never been told The final S.O.S. we all ignored We've seen the writing on the wall The writing on the wall Seen the writing on the wall I'm just painting a picture Of how it could be But time's running out The clock's ticking down You're not blind, can't you see? Don't tell me that we still don't know And that we're not being told The final S.O.S. we shouldn't ignore Just read the writing on the wall The writing on the wall Read the writing on the wall The writing on the wall

My God is, my God is, my God is writing My God is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing Jah is writing on the wall But whatever you do and whatever you say My God is writing on the wall, Jah is writing on the wall The chances you take, and the mistakes you make My God is writing on the wall How fast you go and how fast you break My God is writing on the wall (hear what I say) My God is, my God is, my God is writing My God is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing Jah is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing on the wall The Conquering Lion of Judah is bound to break every chain All African sing! My God is, my God is, my God is writing My God is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing Jah is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing on the wall No matter how you susu and no matter how you sprat Jah Jah is writing on the wall Whatever you are crumbs or whether you a Big Mac Jah Jah is writing on the wall My God is, my God is, my God is writing My God is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing Jah is writing on the wall Don't think with water he writes with fire My God is writing on the wall My God is, my God is, my God is writing My God is writing on the wall Rastafari is, Rastafari is writing Jah is writing on the wall Not even a chalice nor a spliff to burn to open your eyes for My God is writing on the wall (brothers and sisters)

Across a painted desert lies a train of vagabonds All that's left of what we were, it's what we have become Once our empires glorious but now the empire's gone The dead gave us the time to live and now our time is done Now we are victorious, we've become our slaves A land of hope and glory building graveyards for the brave Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen that writing? Can you see the riders on the storm? Can you see them riding? Can you see them riding? Holding on to fury is that all we ever know Ignorance our judge and jury, all we've got to show From Hollywood to Babylon, holy war to kingdom come On a trail of dust and ashes when the burning sky is done A tide of change is coming and that is what you fear The earthquake is a-comin' but you don't wanna hear You're just too blind to see Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen that writing? Can you see the riders on the storm? Can you see them riding? Can you see them riding, riding next to you? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen that writing? Can you see the riders on the storm? Can you see them riding? Have you seen the writing on the wall? Have you seen that writing? Can you see the riders on the storm? Can you see them riding? Can you see them riding, riding next to you?

Ever loved a woman Who made you feel tall? Ever loved a man Who made you feel small? If you were a sailor I'd raise the anchor To sail the sea In search of you and me And god conjures currents To break our fragile boats And both the innocent and the damned Are swallowed up in his wake If you were a huntress I'd be your bow For your silver arrows To seek out his heart Ever loved a woman Who made you feel tall? Ever loved a man Who made you feel small? Who are you to complain For lack of understanding? We are all created equal In just one thing alone Alone in your thoughts That consume you through your life They'll take you outwards To the dark edge of time And there's nothing more dangerous Than a man with nothing to lose Nothing to live for And nothing to prove

Can you see what you wanna be Can you see your thing is free Can you see you divorce me Can you see it's you and me Every night I wanna dream of you And the feelings I can see in you Show me what I mean to you Show me what do you mean Can you see what you wanna be Can you see your thing is free Can you see you divorce me Can you see it's you and me Every night I wanna dream of you And the feelings I can see in you Show me what I mean to you Show me what do you mean Can I make you smile again I just wanna still be friends Every day I think of you Can I make this feeling true Every night before I sleep before the feelings me complete Nothing better comes tonight I'm loving you alnight Can you see what you wanna be Can you see your thing is free Can you see you divorce me Can you see it's you and me Every night I wanna dream of you And the feelings I can see in you Show me what I mean to you Show me what do you mean Can you see what you wanna be Can you see your thing is free Can you see you divorce me Can you see it's you and me Every night I wanna dream of you And the feelings I can see in you Show me what I mean to you Show me what do you mean Can you see that you wanna be