Common Ground

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

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

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

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

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


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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 ground