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Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance


Background information
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s) World music
Ambient
Ethereal Wave
Gothic Rock
Post-punk
Years active 1981—2005
Label(s) Atlantic Records
Rykodisc
4AD
Rhino Records
Associated acts Lisa Gerrard
Website Website
Members
Lisa Gerrard
Brendan Perry
Former members
Simon Monroe
Paul Erikson
Peter Ulrich



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Dead Can Dance Lyrics

"Song Of The Dispossessed" lyrics



The river is deep and the road is long
Daylight comes and I want to go home

Awoke this morning
To find my people's tongues were tied
And in my dreams
They were given books to poison their minds

The river is deep and the mountain high
How long before the other side

We are their mortar
Their building bricks and their clay
Their gold teeth mirror
Both our joys and our pain

The river is deep and the ocean wide
Who will teach us how to read the signs

The earth is our mother
She taught us to embrace the light
LyricsNow the lord is master
She suffers an eternal night

You blocked up my ears
You plucked out my eyes
You cut out my tongue
You fed me with lies

Oh lord
Oh lord
Oh lord
Oh lord


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