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Lyrics
it is a songless and sceneless tragedy
the humiliations of the night
a muted calamity that bites my tongue
i have watched my country
accept starvation as their god
and i know our death will go as quietly as it comes
if we were taken in an earthquake
or an unforeseen hurricane
i'd've said it was the will of the lord
but we didn't die as rebels
we never did care to resist
our great insurgency was putting our pedals to the floor
if we'd died out in a war
i'd say "we were caught in the wind"
and i'd've taken comfort in the angel's wings
but we were a silent joyful people
who were smiling at the day
that same day smiling back as it began to sting
and it's a songless, sceneless tragedy
the humiliations of the night
the coldest winter in seventeen years
i have watched my country
accept starvation as their god
the ends coming without argument or tears.