Catch Phrases, Slogans, And Chants Lyrics - Singles - Man Alive

Can we stop all the screaming and shouting aloud 

Of catch phrases and slogans and chants unthought out? 

So emotionally driven with no room for doubt 

But maybe we've got it all wrong 

In a place where the weakest of men have to shout 

And the pages of history are changed or torn out 

There's still more to this take than could ever be taught 

Or maybe we've got it all wrong 

I can hear it 

I still hear it 

The drum that beats and the march it is leading 

I can hear it 

Won't adhere to it now or ever, speak out 

Our task at hand seems somehow to be obvious to them 

But what comes after that is no surprise to us again 

It seems this repition has its way of seeping in 

Or maybe we've got it all wrong 

Just step foot in a classroom and see what is taught 

And the faces that hang with great pride from the walls 

With the others left waiting and groomed up and ready to fall 

And somehow you hold on to you cause 

I can hear it 

I still hear it 

The drum that beats and the march it is leading 

I can hear it 

Won't adhere to it now or ever 

I can hear it 

I still hear it 

The drum that beats and the march it is leading 

I can hear it 

Won't adhere to it now or ever, speak out 

There are times for silence 

And there are times for action 

But mostly there are times to listen 

And listen with some love 

There are wars that I can see and there are others that I can't 

There are battles I can win and victories that can't be had 

And all I ask is for your hand 

And all I ask is for your hand 

To turn this around 

I still hear it 

I can hear it 

The drum that beats and the march it is leading 

I can hear it 

Won't adhere to it now or ever 

Can you hear it? 

Can you hear it? 

The words of the province rejoinign the living 

I can hear it 

Leave to me to point out 

Forever speak out