Purity Lyrics - New Model Army

The rains move in eastwards, in waves of succession 

Drawing lines of grey across the sky 

With history just as close as a hand on the shoulder 

In hunger and impatience we cry 

The battle against corruption rages in each corner 

There must be something better, something pure 

And the call it is answered from the caves to the cities 

Come the dealers of Salvation on Earth 

We've seen the restless children at the head of the columns 

Come to purify the future with the arrogance of youth 

Nothing is as cruel as the righteousness of innocents 

With automatic weapons and a gospel of the truth 

Ch: Revolution for ever, succession of the seasons 

Within the blood of Nature, all raised to rot and die 

This purity is a lie 

Now immaculate conception in sterilised laboratories 

How the vanity goes on 

Or in the message of the preacher with his morals and obsessions 

The wars that we wage upon ourselves 

Purity is a virtue, purity is an angel 

Purity is for madmen to make fools of us all 

So forgive yourself my friend, all this will soon be over 

What happened here tonight is nothing at all 

Ch: Revolution for ever . . . 

I will always see Brendan at that broken down piano 

His fingers thick and red, shaking on the keys 

Battered by the years of alcohol and working 

Still playing with the faith that never leaves 

So sit us down, buy us a drink, tell us a good story 

Sing us a song we know to be true 

I don't give a damn that I never will be worthy 

Fear is the only enemy that I still know