(O'Connor, Clayton, Simenon, Reynolds)
[The extended of "Famine", released in 1995, from the cd-single "Famine"]
There is more in us than we know about. The famine, happened 150 years ago. It three lifetimes at most. Things that happen than were handed on father to son, from to daughter, down to this day. They are within us now, and we don deal with them. And it to me, this is what interesting about a lot of Irish music now, it is the carrier for this kind of feeling, and for this kind of emotion, that we have no other for it because politically we deny it, intellectually we deny it. Our literature ....... doesn with this, our sentiment deal with this. But music, it in the music, it seems to me. The can actually carry those things in al kinds of visible ways, in gesture, in movement, in language, in and in music.
Okay, I to talk about Ireland Specifically I want to talk the "famine" About the fact that there never was one was no "famine" See Irish were only allowed to eat potatoes All of the food, meat, fish, vegetables, were shipped out of the country under armed To England while the Irish starved And then in the middle of all They gave us money not to teach our Irish And so we lost our And this is what I think is hurting me
You see we're like a child that's battered Has to drive itself out of it's head it's frightened feels all the painful feelings But they lose with the memory And this to massive self-destruction Alcoholism, addiction All attempts at running And in it's form Becomes actual And if there ever is be healing There has to be And then So that there then can be There has to be and understanding
All the people Where do all come from All the lonely Where do they all
An army regulation Says you mustn't more than ten percent of a nation 'Cos to do so permanent "psychological damage" It's not permanent but they didn't that during the supposed "famine" We lost a lot more than 10% of our Through deaths on or on ships of emigration But finally broke us is not starvation No use in the controlling of our education go on about "Black 47" On and on about "The famine" But what don't say is in truth really never was one
All the lonely Where do all come from All the people where do they all
So let's take a can we The highest statistics of abuse in the EEC And we say we're a Christian But we've contact with our history See we used to worship God as a We're suffering post traumatic stress disorder at all our old men in the pubs Look at all our young on drugs We used to worship God as a Now look at what we're to each other We've even made of ourselves The most trusting people in the Universe And is what's wrong with us Our history the parent figures lied to us I see the As a like a child That got itself smashed in the And if ever is gonna be healing There has to be And then So there then can be forgiving There has to be and understanding
All the people do they all come from All the people Where do they all All the people Where do they all come (That I can you in one word) All the lonely Where do they all
And if ever is gonna be healing There has to be And then So that then can be forgiving There has to be and understanding
And if there is gonna be healing has to be remembering And grieving So there then can be forgiving There has to be and understanding
We stand on the of a great achievement In this Ireland there is no To be found to our By shooting each
Because of our tradition everyone knows who he is and God expects him to do
Forgiveness, Yes And
Equate, be Yes And
(repeat the several times)