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troubled horses - martyn joseph lyrics

[verse 1]
they were babies once, as different as the same
created as we all were, helpless, without blame
they were carefree once, throwing frisbees in a field
now they’re fending bricks and debris from behind their riot shields

[verse 2]
they were youngsters once, knocking back bravado beers
they’re guilty now, sentenced to three years
rioters now, hurling rage in a coked*up blur
there’s no country to “want back” if we’ve all come from elsewhere

[chorus]
troubled horses dressed for battle beneath a grieving sun
handwringing editorial says, “something must be done”
they were newborns, inoffensive, sleeping guileless in their prams
once children, now an uproar, the violence of the lambs

[verse 3]
some are babies still, arriving stateless on the shore
fleeing from oppression, their darkness of before
yet our duty is unceasing to this displaced exodus
to welcome the outsider, for in essence, they are “us”

[chorus]
troubled horses dressed for battle beneath a grieving sun
handwringing editorial that says, “something must be done”
they were newborns, inoffensive, sleeping guileless in their prams
once children, now an uproar, the violence of the lambs
[verse 4]
we were children once, lost stories in our blood
our ragged ancestors once huddled in the mud
tales of bygone exile, the fugitive’s despair
there’s no country to “want back” if we’ve all come from elsewhere

[chorus]
troubled horses dressed for battle beneath a grieving sun
handwringing editorial that says, “something must be done”
they were newborns, inoffensive, sleeping guileless in their prams
once children, now an uproar, the violence of the lambs
troubled horses
troubled horses
they were newborns, inoffensive, sleeping guileless in their prams
once children, now an uproar, the violence of the lambs

- martyn joseph lyrics

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