A Century Ends-David Gray

[00:00.00]A Century Ends [00:13.02]David Gray [00:15.77]By JJ [00:24.52]Cast your eyes into the distance [00:30.28]Try to focus on it all [00:35.93]Find a spirit of resistance [00:41.77]Instead of pride before the fall [00:47.96]Forge some opposition [00:53.42]From disparate strands [00:59.41]It ain't the prettiest position [01:03.64]As a century ends [01:10.07] [01:11.07]Unstable situation [01:17.02]Faces made of wax [01:22.68]Streams of melting glass [01:28.63]Sheets of butchered facts [01:34.51]The roar of the machine [01:39.78]Hooded hearts and jewelled hands [01:45.78]And anger spilling out like gasoline [01:49.96]As a century ends [01:53.92] [01:54.68]Everything i seen, everything that i heard, [02:00.01]Ain't even the tip of the iceberg [02:06.14]Fire down memory lane [02:11.64]So pass me my rose tinted glasses again [02:23.23] [02:34.00]Through a fog of contradiction [02:40.23]Out to the lake of tears [02:45.98]See society admiring its own reflection [02:51.75]Chase a light that shines and disappears [02:57.92]Careful what you say 'cos reality offends [03:08.70]Just sit back and let your soul decay [03:13.15]As a century ends [03:26.96] [03:36.85]And its easy to get weary [03:43.20]As you fight to get it done [03:49.21]gainst a popular theory [03:54.74]That it's over 'fore it's even begun [04:00.55]Strain the limit of compassion [04:06.25]Tend a wound that never mends [04:11.76]And honesty still out of fashion [04:16.41]As a century ends [04:22.47]As a century ends [04:27.70]As a century ends....