Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Levellers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Charlie Heather
Composer
Jeremy James Cunningham
Composer
Jon Sevink
Composer
Mark Chadwick
Composer
Simon Friend
Composer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Fired forty rounds in the center of town
He thought to bring the world round
Sleepless nights with God and Christ
The New Messiah
[Verse 2]
To burn the world, to change the days
Can be done in better ways
To make the news and front page
You gotta aim higher
[Verse 3]
They didn't build Jerusalem
They didn't find the land
For reasons of security
They couldn't find the plans
[Verse 4]
And we're left standing, watching from below
No new songs and no new heroes
Standing on the sideline, watching the flow
Waiting for the day the circle's broken
[Verse 5]
He took the mic to save the day
The rocks have come to have it's say
Interpret this in any way
As if it matters
[Verse 6]
'Cause nothing's black and nothing's white
Nothing appears to be quite right
It'll be this way until the day
The circle's shattered
[Verse 7]
I heard an old song yesterday
About a better world
You know the story
Well, they're all the same
The boy gets the girl
[Verse 8]
And we're left standing, watching from below
No new songs and no new heroes
Standing on the sideline, watching the flow
Waiting for the day the circle's broken
[Verse 9]
From the tips of your fingers, the rest is numb
You begin to feel the warmth of the sun
It's taken away, been taken away
All you once knew
[Verse 10]
Taking it back takes all you got
No time to sit and watch it rot
Believe it's yours and not the lies
Or all hell to you
[Verse 11]
They didn't build Jerusalem
They didn't find the land
And for reasons of security
They couldn't find the plans
[Verse 12]
And we're left standing, watching from below
No new songs and no new heroes
Standing on the sidelines, watching the flow
Waiting for the day the circle's broken
Written by: Charlie Heather, Jeremy James Cunningham, Jon Sevink, Mark Chadwick, Simon Friend
