Erasure - Once Human

(Erasure

From cradle to the grave

You gave your life)

Red ochre drapes the fallen soldiers

Left between a rock and a hard place to lie

Way before their time

Gutters in the gold, bleak

Where mothers bled

And the smell of death is nostalgia

Cold, where freedom never rings

But the rings are forever

A bullet’s enough to keep their mouth shut

Taken, cut

Face in the dirt

Carved up to serve the eye

And what alone separates a child from stone?

One’s dug up, the other’s in the ground to die

All for blood, bones, power, lust

Ravenous, your black hole mind

Until your ominous world collides

Blood, bones, power, lust

Ravenous, your black hole mind

Until your ominous world collides

Underground, not a sound escapes

And the only way out is down

Like a tear

Vanity drained from a dirt vein

Clean slate

No stain, the rock remains crystal clear

Red in pieces

Red in pieces

All for blood, bones, power, lust

Ravenous, your black hole mind

Until your ominous world collides

Blood, bones, power, lust

Ravenous, your black hole mind

Until your ominous world collides

Cradle to grave

A bullet’s enough to keep their mouth shut

If they need a reminder

Gem in the rough

You make it clear-cut

It’s worth more than a life

A bullet’s enough to keep their eyes shut

Rocks in their mouths

You’re better off like a diamond

Scattered in the ground

Red in pieces

Red in pieces

(Erasure

From cradle to the grave, you gave your life)

Erasure

From cradle to the grave, you gave your life

Amnesia

Gold and grandeur ate away at your mind

Erasure, Amnesia

Erasure

From cradle to the grave, you gave your life