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John Mcdermott

Genres: Folk

Natives Lyrics - John Mcdermott

For all our languages we can't communicate 

For all our native tongues we're all native here 

Sons of their fathers' dream the same dream 

The sound of forbidden words become a scream 

Voices of anger, victims of history 

Plundered and set aside, grown fat on swallowed pride 

With promises of paradise and gifts of beads and knives 

Missionaries and pioneers are all soldiers in disguise 

Saviors and conquerors they make us wait 

The fishers of men they wave their truth like bait 

With the touch of a strangers' hand innocence turns to shame 

The spirit that dwelt within it sleeps out in the rain 

For all our native tongues 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 ears 

Only the very safe can talk about wrong and right 

Of those who are forced to choose some will choose to fight 

 

Promesses de paradis terrestre, 

Presents de perles et de coutreaux 

Missionnaires et poinniers sont des soldats saveurs deguises 

Survivants et conquerants, 

Ils nous font attendre 

Des charlatans ondulant 

Leur verite comme un applat 

Au toucher d'une main atrange 

L'innocence se convertit en deshonneur 

L'esprit qui demeure a l'interieur 

Dort dans la pluie 

 

Malgre toutes nos langues, 

Nous ne pouvons communiquer 

Malgre toutes nos langues natives, 

Nous sommes tous natifs ici 

Les cicatrices du passe sont lentes a disparaitre 

Les complaintes des morts resonnent toujours 

Dans notre tete le bien du mal 

De ceux forces de choisir, 

Quelques uns choisiront de lutter