The Killing Cup

Peter Fearnley

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Anti-war song written about the genocide in Bosnia Herzegovina in the 1990's but could just as well be about Iraq in the 2000's or Poland in the 1940's.

alternative punk rock singer songwriter new wave folk

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Peter Fearnley

We're here in the Alternative General section, but could be anywhere (except for Children's Nursery) really...

Hi there - thanks for visiting my Sounclick page. I hope you like the songs I've posted here. I would be very happy to receive some feedback. I've checked the "Alternative General" tag for my musical style, but could have just as easily said "Folk Rock" or "Musicals" or "Acoustic" or "Instrumentals". That's one of the problems when you've been writing songs and music for as long as you can remember - after a while, you find you've tried everything (well, at least you think you have)! Anyway, music is about expression and not restrictions, so have a listen and let me know (kindly) what you think. Cheers, Pete

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Alternative General

Charts

#11,876 today Peak #17

#3,990 in subgenre Peak #7

Author

Peter Fearnley

Rights

Peter Fearnley

Uploaded

August 21, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.3 MB • 128 kbps • 4:42

Story behind the song

A TV News report: I saw a mother kneeling down by the grave of her son, as a gang of paramilitaries opened fire with mortors on the mourners arriving by bus to the funeral.  And then, the Berlin wall came down...

Lyrics

THE KILLING CUP

Are we finally immune?
Does nothing shock or terrorise?
Behind the nightly TV gore
Insensitised, we watch the world at war
The bodies on the bus
Families torn in two, three, four - maybe more
But what's that got to do with us?
We didn't make them go to war

The law of history remains
One man's freedom - one man's chains
But still the body count goes up
There's always more blood to pour into the killing cup
The killing cup

Are we really free from blame
And is there nothing we can do
But stand in witness to their pain 
As thousands die for freedom once again
And who built the weapons
And who sold the bombs
Who fans the flames
The TV cameraman lingers on, lingers on....

The law of history remains
One man's freedom - one man's chains
But still the body count goes up
There's always more blood to pour into the killing cup
The killing cup

The bodies on the street
Mothers weep but snipers keep the mourners from the grave
They pray for guidance from above
But soon there'll be nothing left to save
Nothing left to save...

The law of history remains
One man's freedom - one man's chains
But still the body count goes up
There's always more blood to pour into the killing cup
The killing cup
The law of history remains
One man's freedom - one man's chains
But still the body count goes up
There's always more blood to pour into the killing cup
The killing cup

As one wall comes down another wall goes up
There's always more blood to pour into the killing cup
The killing cup

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