A Voice from the Past - Marillion

A voice from the past

Entered my head today

Fresh & alive.

Full of life, passion and pain

A voice now past

A beautiful soul.

Gone, gone, gone

Speaking clearly — clearer than the living

Talking perfect sense

Used to not being understood

While talking perfect sense to the next generation

Have we caught up yet?

Is it time?

I think it is

Enough is enough

Enough is enough

A voice from the past

Entered my head today

Tiny child sighed in my ear

Giving up breathing in

Over & out

Over & out

Taken by bad luck & the ill fortune of geography

Common cold.

Dirty water.

HIV

Common apathy.

Common crime

Perfect nonsense to the next generation

Dead yet alive

Dead yet alive

Gone but shouting anger

Gone but talking perfect sense

Have we caught up yet?

Is it time?

Well I say it is.

I say it is

Deaf & dumbed-down

Enough is enough

Give me a smile.

Hold out your hand

I don’t want your money

I don’t want your land

Gimme a smile.

Hold out your hand

I don’t want your money

I don’t want your land

I want you to wake up & do

Something strange

I want you to listen

I want you to feel someone else’s pain

Someone else’s pain

Someone else’s pain

Someone else’s pain

Deaf & dumbed-down

Deaf & dumbed-down

A tap with clean water