The Granite Gaze letra

Are we the ones left behind
By those who weave cords that bind?
They draw the marrow from our very bones
And we in turn, turn on our own
Stood in line in horsehair shirts
We queued up to eat the dirt
We traded lumps on narrow streets
Can't bite the hand when you've no teeth

And it's a standing ovation for the shadow of a stone
As we dig into the soil beneath our homes
The future's further day-by-day as our fathers turn away
And leave us clinging to a mother who eats her own

The granite gaze upon us now
A skulking mass recalling how
To plant a secret and tell no lies
For now we own those same stone eyes

And it's the last gasp of wonder for a cretin on a throne
As our daughters sneak away across the foam
The future's just a thing we say to keep the sordid past at bay
Still we cling on to the mother who eats her own

We are the ones left behind
In swaddling bound with bailing twine
They stole the marrow from our very bones
And we in turn, turned on our own

Lankum - Letras

• Bad Luck to the Rolling Water
• Clear Away in the Morning
• Cold Days of February
• Cold Old Fire
• Daffodil Mulligan
• Déanta in Éireann
• Drinking Song from The Tomb
• Father Had a Knife
• Go Dig My Grave
• Henry My Son
• Hunting The Wren
• Katie Cruel
• Love is Kind
• Netta Perseus
• Newcastle
• On A Monday Morning
• Peat Bog Soldiers
• Salonika
• Sergeant William Bailey
• The Dark Eyed Gypsy
• The Granite Gaze
• The Old Man from Over the Sea
• The Pride of Petravore
• The Rocky Road to Dublin
• The Tri-Coloured House
• The Turkish Reveille
• The Wild Rover
• The Young People
• What Put the Blood
• What Will We Do When We Have No Money
• Willow Garden