I asked when-Brett Dennen

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Dennen [00:01.20]Artist：brett dennen [00:02.36]Songs Title：i asked when [00:24.25]well i dreamed i went out a wanderin' [00:29.30]i heard promises become fables forgotten [00:34.81]i saw bridges stretchin' out across the water [00:39.81] [00:41.23]and towers pushing taller [00:45.69]i knew my reality was clearly defined [00:51.36]by the fences put up around my mind [00:56.87]i watched them thicken into walls over time [01:01.92]taller than any boarder line [01:06.01] [01:07.81]i saw civilizations deemed insignificant [01:13.57]i saw people's history tatooed on their skin [01:18.99]i saw families taken from their land [01:25.97]dynasties shattered and stolen [01:30.16]and i asked when... is a revolution [01:41.55]i asked when... is a revolution [01:52.85]all in the burdens of centuries accrue [01:59.05]that get passed along to every generation's youth [02:03.83]and all the allegories told in lieu of truth [02:09.64]i watched them grow wild and spread like the flu [02:15.32]i saw the rise of an untamed industry [02:20.78]i watched machines paint a paper economy [02:26.28]i saw my own self stand right in front of me [02:32.08]and i didn't do a thing [02:38.03]i saw poisons pushed in the street [02:43.62]and prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine [02:48.63]with a whole host of wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies [02:54.70]still poor people were dying from disease [03:00.68]and i asked when... is a revolution [03:11.68]i asked when... is a revolution [03:23.60]i asked when... is a revolution [03:35.08]i asked when... is a revolution [03:46.89]i and broke down at the break of dawn [03:52.27]I saw new meaning in the clouds above the Pentagon [03:58.15]as real as the hollocaust as stong as the Parthanon [04:03.89]visions of Sudan Iraq and Vietnam [04:09.57]i stood silent upon a flooded levy [04:15.28]and stared at the ruins of a merchant city [04:21.16]and the president who came to dine with the noble elite [04:26.59]he didnt do a thing [04:32.71]i saw three ships come sailing in [04:38.84]through the passage of the CARIBBEAN [04:44.03]i saw children coming home in coffins [04:49.86]millions marching on washington [04:55.66]i and asked when... is a revolution [05:06.86]i asked when... is a revolution [05:17.70]i asked when, when... is a revolution [05:29.06]i asked when... is a revolution