New Land

 Hold up your glasses
A shout for the masses
Here we go
And so begins the show

And not for the first time
We step on the fault line
And just like that
We watch the fireworks start

Oh
Sleep if you can

You said it was alright
You said it was just another night
But your eyes betray the fight

And as for this new land
Well it’s not what you had planned
Right enough
For this life is still as tough

Oh
Sleep if you can

Tell me that it isn’t true
The things you say he did to you
For my rage flies and a man dies
So this is what I’d like to do
But I don’t think that you’ll want me to
Cause people are listening and watching and pointing
They’re looking from windows and leaning on porches
So don’t say a word if you want to be here in the morning

And so it all ends here
I’m almost away out the door
But I’m suddenly fixed to the floor

Oh
Sleep if you can