THIRTY THOUSAND MILK BOTTLES

Thirty thousand bottles In a generation's hands Holding all consistent Clutching cold nourishment Thirty thousand bottles In a generation's hands Thirty thousand milk bottles For this is our demand Thirty thousand bottles Shall remember the love Pouring back justice From all that was caught Reclaiming lives from the damned For this is our land For this is our land Thirty thousand bottles One for each lonely death They must not be in vain For the memory of the dispossessed Thirty thousand bottles They must not be in vain Forever they shall, they shall remain Thirty thousand bottles Building beliefs and bones A shared understanding Beneath their gilded thrones Thirty thousands bottles In a generation's hands Thirty thousand milk bottles For this is our demand Thirty thousand bottles Shall remember the love Pouring back justice From all that was caught Reclaiming lives from the damned For this is our land For this is our land Thirty thousand bottles One for each lonely death They must not be in vain For the memory of the dispossessed Thirty thousand bottles They must not be in vain Forever they shall, they shall remain