In a Broken Promised Land - Big Country

The past is a foreign country

Two sides tore apart

In the great scheme of tomorrow

What no one really knows

The blood line has diverted

Like a river that overflows

Oh, where there’s temptation

Oh, there is revelation

Oh-oh, across a thousand nations

Is this the rise or is this the fall?

In a broken promise land

Roses and ashes lie

Where your shadow falls

In a broken promise land

It takes an honest man to heed the call

A storm blows up in the desert

A hurricane hits the shore

There’s a thousand stars in the night sky

I wonder, which one could be yours?

Oh, I’m not going backwards

Oh, I’m only facing forwards

Oh-oh, be it left or right

Be it right or wrong

The time has come

In a broken promise land

Roses and ashes lie

Where your shadow falls

I n a broken promise land

All that you had to give

You gave for us all

The past is a foreign country

Two sides tore apart

Tore apart

In a broken promise land

In a broken promise land

Where your shadow lies

Roses and ashes will fall

In a broken promise land

Roses and ashes lie

Where your shadow falls