History Will Teach Us Nothing - Sting
If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems were told will always always ours last
If Emotions are the sail & blind faith is the mast
Without a breath of real freedom, we're getting nowhere fast
If God is dead & 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
History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing
Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid & the powerful, the architects of time
The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as it's child
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong
To win a bloodless battle, victory is long
A simple act of faith
Of reason over might
To blow up his children, will only prove him right
History, will teach us nothing
Sooner or later just like the world's first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world's 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
then,
A Brand New Day
- Sting