Common Ground

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… from everywhere and now to here  
The sound of bells as evening edges
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 near
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Vacant eyes stare out to sea  A 
hungry world is staring back for 
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free.
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Standing here we make no sound   
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Believing love can still be found
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Desperate we search for common 
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ground

[Verse 2]
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Phoenician ships sail out to sea  
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 Filed with time and ancient 
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history
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While other ships sail out to 
space To search for time of win some
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 ancient race
Bm                               
But Icarus beware the sun   Your 
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youthful feathers come undone
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We watch them fall,  We count them
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 one by one

[Verse 3]
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No barefoot tribes to walk the 
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land    Civilised we bleed them 
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into sand
Continúa después del anuncio
Eliminar anuncios
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And the tallest poppies fall from 
grace Hollow men take power and take
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 their place
Bm                                
The atom splits black holes are 
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born    Into this chaos science 
warns
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Truth is written down on shifting 
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sands

[Break]
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[Verse 4]
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Urgently we search for clues    
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Every morning read the daily news
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Hollow words that ring and ring  
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New York city hear the sirens sing
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Bm                                
If mushroom clouds hang overhead  
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  We’ll tuck our children into bed
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Saying this is what we’ve all be 
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waiting for

[Verse 5]
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Billowed sails and blood red sun  
  Flags are raised and tear apart 
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each one
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While nations battle rise and fall
    Love walks lonely by the berlin 
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wall
Bm                                 
Carelessly we make no sound    And 
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hope that love can still be found
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While planet earth is built on 
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common ground


[Otro]
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Love wants to be found
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As planet built is built on common
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As planet built is built on common
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As planet built is built on common 
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ground