Lyrics Marillion – A Voice From The Past

A voice from the past
Entered my head today
Fresh & alive. Full of life, passion and pain.
A voice now past.

Speaking clearly — clearer than the living
Talking perfect sense
Used to not being understood
While talking perfect sense to the next generation

Have we caught up yet?
Is it time?
I think it is.
Enough is enough
Enough is enough

A voice from the past
Entered my head today
Tiny child sighed in my ear.
Giving up breathing in
Over & out
Over & out
Taken by bad luck & the ill fortune of geography.

Common cold. Dirty water. HIV.
Common apathy. Common crime.
Perfect nonsense to the next generation

Dead yet alive
Dead yet alive
Gone but shouting anger
Gone but talking perfect sense

Have we caught up yet?
Is it time? Well I say it is. I say it is.

Give me a smile. Hold out your hand.
I don’t want your money
I don’t want your land
Gimme a smile. Hold out your hand.
I don’t want your money
I don’t want your land
I want you to wake up & do
Something strange
I want you to listen
I want you to feel someone else’s pain
Someone else’s pain
Someone else’s pain
Someone else’s pain.

Deaf & dumbed-down
Deaf & dumbed-down

A tap with clean water