Natives lyrics

Artist  : Family Rankin 
Song : Natives



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For all our languages we can't communicate

For all of our native tongues we're all
natives here

Sons of their fathers dream
the same dream

The sound of forbidden words
becomes a scream

Voices in anger, victims of
history

Plundered and set aside, grown fat
on swallowed pride



With promises of
paradise and gifts of beads and knives

Missionaries, pioneers are soldiers in
disguise

Saviours and conquerors, they make
us wait

The fishers of men they wave their
truth like bait

With the touch of a
stranger's hand

Innocence turns to shame

The spirit that dwelt within, now sleeps out in
the rain



For all of our languages we
can't communicate

For all our native
tongues, we're all natives here

The scars
of the past are slow to disappear

The cries
of the dead are always in our ear

Only the
very safe can talk about wrong and right

Of
those who are forced to choose

Some will
choose to fight



For all of our
languages we can't communicate.