Signs And Symbols

Steve Kilbey / Martin Kennedy

Appears On:

• Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - Songs From The Real World Vol 3 (Commissioned Songs) (2015), Track 7
• Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy - Every Song From The Real World: The Complete Collection (2016), CD 3, Track 7 / Digital Track 33

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Lyrics (unofficial)

In the hunger and the need
There's the human and the greed
In the war and the pain
There is reason to remain

See the children and their fears
Through the mother's eyes and tears
Fragile hands of the weak
Holding icons in defeat

Signs and symbols in the sand
Apparitions in the land
Leaders fall down to pray
Others find another way

Let the writing on the wall
Be your guide to the door
Let the writing on the wall
Be your sign to the shore

Stay inside and stay blind
Look, what you left behind
You will see nothing at all
Come outside and see the light

Keep your hands on the road
Keep your eyes on the wheel
Keep your thoughts in your head
It's a long drive home

Leaders fall down to pray
Others find another way
By the side of the road
The soldier often dies

Through the pain and the rain
Through the love and through the hate
Through the whispers and the lies
It's a long drive home

In the hunger and the need
There's the human and the greed
See the children and their fears
Through the mother's eyes and tears
Fragile hands of the weak
Signs and symbols in the sand
Apparitions in the land
Leaders fall down to pray
Stay inside and stay blind
Look, what you left behind
(what you left behind)