Common Dreads/Solidarity (2009 - The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 - Live At Rock City)
A heedless and harrowing future is developing For our generation and generations to come.
But as I walk the chartered streets of this familiar oblivion, I recognise nothing but unyielding unconsciousness; in which we have almost comfortably drowned.
It is madness this normality is madness!
We are clinging to manufactured crippling constraints...
We must no longer commute Between brand laden homes And quickly accepted, aimless roams From our factories of slavery To wars of illusive bravery
We must unite
And we must let the flood gates open
Here tonight, I clock a thousand heads Here to unite, through common dreads
OH! Here tonight I clock a thousand heads Here to unite, through common dreads
So who’s with me? OH! Now who’s with me? OH!
Something trips inside That’s been dormant for a thousand years Now we can no longer hide The immediacy of these fears
Our names will not be writ on water And we don’t need an ark NO WAY! One day I know the dam will collapse and we will be the current!
Yes! What you got for me? OH!
And Now The Flood Gates Will Open! RAHH!
You cannot hold back the tide You cannot hold back the tide
We will sing as one in solidarity We will swim together No longer treading water We’re flowing with the tide And you can taste the light Don’t waste the light We will sing as one in solidarity We will sing together
And now And still we will be here, standing like statues! Yeah! The time is now Belt it brothers
(We will sing as one in solidarity, we will sing together) (And still we will be here standing like statues) (We're not worthy)