| English |
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| There was tear gas in the poisonjester's mask |
| Shed a tear, dear, for the clown |
| Tried to fight fire with water |
| It went down on the ten o'clock news |
| I bought the paper and walked back to where I'd parked |
| The man on the movie theater steps |
| Can always find his needle |
| But I wonder where's the thread? |
| Chorus: |
| How much more can we bear |
| 'Til the way is paved, ah? |
| For the revolution |
| There'll be nothing left unchanged |
| Tonight I'm tired and I'm worn, so I consent |
| To cede control to the remote |
| To wrap me in its airtight void |
| And keep me from my own |
| Chorus |
| For the revolution |
| There'll be nothing left unchanged |
| We fight just wars and we build just walls |
| We raise cities and make cities fall |
| We raise children and we write their names |
| On granite walls, we don't like losing games |
| Chorus |
The Poisonjester's Mask
Written by Antje Duvekot
Arranged by Séamus Egan, Winifred Horan, Mick McAuley, Deidre Scanlon, Dónal Clancy, Dave West, and Neil Dorfsman
As recorded by Solas on The Edge of Silence