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But a Whimper

by Ramallah

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1.
Introduction 00:26
2.
Ramallah 02:09
The clock is ticking On these terrible time And human blood is flowing Daily like water The blood it never dries How longs a man To turn the other cheek Before he rises And returns the slaughter? Rises and spits in your eye Where do you run to? When it's all that you know? How do you turn your back On your world? We laughed and quipped About a revolution Now it's coming At the point of a gun And a suicide bomb... This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end Looks like the party's over This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend This is the end Unless we change the whole world Now what we gonna do? You do to me and I do to you That's how it's gonna end With a whimper, no!
3.
Sleep 01:50
As we plunge down A dead end path of humanity So they suffer These are the days In which blood is cheap And it's the price of continued sleep Don't trust, Don't believe Those up top will gladly Forfeit you and me It's right in front of you It's right in front of me How many have to die Before we see? It's right in front of you It's right in front of me The writing's on the wall But we're too blind to see The truth's in front of you The truth's in front of me The blood is on the wall but we prefer to sleep As we plunge down the dead end path Of inhumanity so will we suffer Is coming back at you it's coming back at me But you'll just close your eyes And let it bleed... Just take a look at the papers Your leaders They're killers They're liars What they do in your Name to make the bodies pile higher The murders, the terror They've done it forever As we sit back and smile At the script they sell us (but now) the victims, they're rising Their number's multiplying They want their revenge for the years That they've been dying So now they come for me So now they come for you We didn't hear And now there's nothing we can do...
4.
Al-Shifa 01:44
August 20 1998 Tens of thousands Are condemned to die While we danced and drank fine wine They were screaming to an empty sky Why? Kill my mother, kill my father What am I (left) to do ...but kill your mother, kill your father God make my aim true... Is anybody even listening? Does anybody even care? Why? Cause the beat just goes on and on And the terror never ends Is anybody listening? (can you hear the screaming?) Does anybody care? (can you hear the screaming?) Is anybody listening To the sounds of the innocent Suffering, suffering, silently Why?
5.
Who Am I? 02:25
Not made for these times This is the end my friend I wasn't made for these times (and) I want to fly away To a simpler time To a better day Who am I to believe in? Who are you to believe in me? (I'm just) a junkie, a drunkard A bastard, a monster Hiding from my sins A broken prophet From a dead end street But we live in such terrible times I gotta speak my mind 'cause inhumanity is all I see It's right in front of you It's right in front of me I testify 'cause I'm damned if I lie but... Who I to believe in? Who are you to believe in me? I wasn't made for these times And sometimes I'd like to Tear out my eyes And be blind To this world that I see
6.
Beauty 00:33
Someday never comes Someday Someday never comes for me
7.
Interlude 02:18
8.
If I Die 02:29
Here I'm bleeding as I'm drinking and I'm thinking that I'm sinking to a brand new hell that is worse than the hell that I knew before and all I want is more. Yeah, it could kill me but I'd eagerly die for one more... Ha! And if I die today, What have I really had to say? Will I be saved? There's so much more to say. Oh God please I need a little more time then I can fade Do you want to know why I do dope? I'm interested in why you don't, when our whole world is children drenched in their parents own blood. And if I die today what will I leave behind? Will I be saved? And as I fade away I leave behind the pain and the hate and the lies of this place behind...
9.
All men have secrets and here is mine So let it be known we have been through hell and high tide I think I can rely on you And yet you start to recoil Heavy words are so lightly thrown But I'd still leap in front of a flying bullet for you So, what difference does it make? So, what difference does it make? It makes none But now you have gone And you must be looking very old tonight The devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied, and why? just Because you asked me to! But now you make me feel so ashamed Because I've only got two hands Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh So, what difference does it make? Oh, what difference does it make? Oh, it makes none But now you have gone And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied, and why? Just because you asked me to But now you know the truth about me You won't see me anymore Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh But no more apologies No more, but no more apologies I'm too tired I'm so sick and tired And I'm feeling very sick and ill today But I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
10.
True Crime 02:23
Daddy please Stay away from me Daddy please I'm just your little girl Daddy please Do you see what you're doing to me? Do you see what you've done To my world? Father Father stay away from me Father Father I'm just a little boy Father Do you see what you're doing to me? Do you see what you've done To my world? Not just my body But you took my soul I can always hide in a bottle Once an open heart Now I have a black hole Now they want to call me a monster I never heard a child Pray to be a monster I never heard a child Pray to be a beast I never heard a child Pray to be a criminal But here we are once again My friend but here we are...

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released November 26, 2002

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