Gaza Lyrics - Sounds That Can't Be Made - Marillion

When I was young it all seemed like a game 

Living here brought no sense of shame 

But now I'm older I've come to understand 

Once we had houses 

Once we had land 

They rained down bullets on us as our homes collapsed 

We lay beneath the rubble terrified 

Hoping.. Dare we dream? 

We gave up waiting 

For us, to dream is still a dream 

When I woke up, the house was broken stones 

We suddenly had nothing 

And nothing's changed 

We live, eight people, in this overcrowded heat 

Factory-farmed animals living in our own sweat 

Living like this is all my baby brother ever knew 

The world does nothing. What can we do? 

We will kick the ball 

We will skip the rope 

We will play outside. Be careful 

We will paint and draw. We will say our prayers 

Outside the pitiless sun bleaches the broken streets 

The darkness drops in the evening like an iron door 

The men play cards under torchlight 

The women stay inside 

Hell can erupt in a moment day or night 

You ask for trouble if you stray too close to the wall 

My father died ..feeding the birds 

Mum goes in front of me to check for soldiers 

For every hot-head stone ten come back 

For every hot-head stone a hundred come back 

For every rocket fired the drones come back 

For thirteen years the roads have all been closed 

We're isolated. We're denied medical supplies 

Fuel and work are scarce. They build houses on our farms 

The old men weep. The young men take up arms. 

We're packed like chickens in this town of block cement 

I get headache from the diesel. When it rains, the sewers too 

I had no idea what martyrdom meant 

Until my older brother.. my older brother 

I'm sorry. I can't continue. 

You sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind, it is said 

When people know they have no future 

Can we blame them if we cannot tame them? 

And when their hopes and dreams are broken 

And they feel they might as well be dead 

As they go, will we forgive them 

If they take us with them? 

Stay close 

Stay home 

Stay calm 

Have faith 

With the love of our family we can rise above anything 

Someday surely someone must help us 

With the love of our family we can rise above anything 

Someday surely someone must help us 

Even now we will go to school 

Even now we will dream to dream 

Someday surely someone must help us 

Nothing's ever simple - that's for sure 

There are grieving mothers on both sides of the wire 

And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright 

But any way you look at it - whichever point of view 

For us to have to live like this 

It just aint right 

It just aint right 

It just aint right 

We all want peace and freedom that's for sure 

But peace won't come from standing on our necks 

Everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright 

But any way you look at this - whichever point of view 

For us to have to live like this 

It just aint right 

It just aint right 

It just aint right 

It's like a nightmare rose up slouching towards Bethlehem 

Like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land 

Slouching towards Bethlehem 

It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land 

Slouching towards Bethlehem 

Stay close 

Stay home 

Have faith 

I can't know what twist of history did this to me 

It's like a nightmare 

With the love of our family 

We can rise above anything 

Some day surely someone must help us...