From the recording Turn to Now
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Spooner Oldham adds the perfect touch to this elegiac reflection on misguided history.
Lyrics
BEAUTIFUL AS PARADISE
END TO END AND SIDE TO SIDE
BUT WOUNDED PRIDE AND FALLEN HOPES
HAVE INHERITANCE DENIED
PRONE TO VIOLENCE
EXPRESSIONS INARTICULATE
ELIDE THE SUBTLE VARIANCE
BETWEEN PREJUDICE AND HATE
Interlude
Chorus
HERE WE REST, VICTIMS OF CONFUSION
DEFENDING RIGHTS DERIVED FROM DELUSION
THROUGH HISTORY WINDS THE TALE
OF GENERATIONS UNFULFILLED
OF PROMISES CAST INTO FLAMES
OF BLOOD COLDLY SPILLED
STILL, WE WAIT IN VAIN
FOR REVELATIONS GREAT OR SMALL
A FADED WORLD OF FERVENT DREAMS
RECEDES BEYOND RECALL