paroles de chanson Intervention - Threshold

Driving through the fens, in a peaceful English scene
Faithful by my grandfather, the original Gunner's dream
I was taking life for granted, though I was born to die
It's been a long, long time since a bomb dropped
In the expansive Norfolk sky

I was listening to the radio
And the talk was war
Freed themselves from Tito
Settling old scores

Far from Sarajevo, it seems irrelevant to me
If it was UN troops or diplomats that had to intervene
We are impotent in our power, do we dare to fight again?
As we've always killed for freedom, what will intervention gain?

It's a symptom of repression
People held at bay, no
Freedom of expression
Waiting for this day, oh
We impose our standards
People newly freed, oh
We will be oppressors
The cost of war will breed on

Don't let it breed, oh
Don't let it breed, oh

Her cries went right through me
Gripped my heart till I thought that I would die
The child on the operating table
I had to stop to wipe the tears from my eyes
They had no drugs to comfort her
To dull away the pain
As they removed the bloody legacy
Of cruel, shrapnel rain
That had destroyed the lives of many
Of the ones that she'd loved
Would that shake your faith in
The Lord up above?

And the eyes of the world
Why are they turning away?
With no natural resources
To protect her in her play
And the back streets of her hometown
They are burning down in flames
See it burn over new, crystal night
A mythic cleansing day

We are ignorant
We are one to die
We are innocent
We are one to die