A Line In The Sand Lyrics - The Hope Six Demolition Project - Pj Harvey

How to stop the murdering? 

By now we should have learned 

If we don't then we're a sham 

Bad overwhelms the good 

Bad overwhelms the good 

Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 

What I've seen 

Yes, it's changed how 

I see humankind 

I used to think progress was made 

We could get something right 

We could get something right 

Enough is enough 

A line in the sand 

Seven or eight thousand people 

Killed by hand 

They stepped off the edge 

They did not step back 

If we have not learnt 

By now 

Then we're a sham 

When we first got to the camp 

Our supplies were not enough 

I saw a displaced family 

Eating a cold horse's hoof 

Oh a cold horse's hoof 

Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 

We sent up tents 

Brought in water 

Air drops were dispersed 

I saw people kill each other 

Just to get there first 

Oh just to get there first 

Enough is enough 

A line in the sand 

Seven or eight thousand people 

Killed by hand 

They stepped off the edge 

They did not step back 

If we have not learnt 

By now 

Then we're a sham 

What we did? 

Why we did? 

I make no excuse 

We got things wrong 

But I believe 

We also did some good 

What we did? 

Why we did? 

I make no excuse 

I believe we have a future 

To do something good 

Ooh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh