If anger and violence are one
How can violence end what anger’s begun?
For far too long have we sung the same song
You can’t right a wrong with another wrong
Why do we kill people
Who kill people
To show people
That killing people is wrong?
If it’s wrong, then it’s wrong
Why do we kill people
Who kill people
To show people
That killing people is wrong?
You can’t right a wrong with another wrong
Decided by the throne
Cries unheard by hearts of stone
Freedom isn’t somethin’ you can force one to own
As these times have shown
Hopelessness begets frustration and fear,
Fear to hate, hate to rage
Don’t even turn the page, we know how the story goes
Why do we kill people
Who kill people
To show people
That killing people is wrong?
If it’s wrong, then it’s wrong
Why do we kill people
Who kill people
To show people
That killing people is wrong?
We kill people who kill people to show people that killing people is wrong
Why do we?...
Why?...
To decide death as another man’s fate
Is to forget
Only compassion can quench
This fire of hate
Oh, what state of mind
Demands and eye for an eye
And leaves a whole world blind
Why do we kill people
Who kill people
To show people
That killing people is wrong?
Why do we kill people
Who kill people
To show people
That killing people is wrong?
It’s wrong, the world, my friends, that we sing this song
Joined by musicians from Venezuela, London, and Paris, the bassist creates a vibrant picture of Venezuela’s musical landscape, and the people and communities that keep it alive. Bandcamp Album of the Day Oct 22, 2020