History Will Teach Us Nothing Lyrics - Nothing Like The Sun - Sting

If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past 

Security in human systems we're told will always always last 

Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast 

Without a breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast 

If God is dead and an actor plays his part 

His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart 

Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse 

Without freedom from the past things can only get worse 

Sooner or later just like the world first day 

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away 

Sooner or later just like the world first day 

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away 

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away 

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History will teach us nothing 

History will teach us nothing 

Our written history is a catalogue of crime 

The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time 

The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild 

The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child 

Sooner or later 

Sooner or later 

Sooner or later 

Sooner or later 

Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong 

Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long 

A simple act of faith 

In reason over might 

To blow up his children will only prove him right 

History will teach us nothing 

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Sooner or later the world first day 

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away 

Sooner or later the world first day 

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away 

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away 

History will teach us nothing 

History will teach us nothing 

Know you human rights 

Be what you come here for 

Know your human rights 

Be what you come here for 

Know your human rights 

Be what you come here for 

Know your human rights 

Be what you come here for