nigelparry.com: the website less traveled
Want an e-mail when there's something new? Join the e-mail news list today!

songs & lyrics

Peacemakers (Unreleased)




Final version of lyrics: Saturday, February 11th, 2006


Peacemakers (Unreleased)

  • Download the MP3 here

    I can hear the pinprick, I can hear the razor blade
    I can hear the sound of a life laid down like a prayer
    I can feel the rumble of war pressing up against all of our hearts
    And I share the fear that somehow all of this will be taken away

    Blessed be the journalists who pen the truth no matter what the cost
    Blessed are the ones who stand up to those who take a stick to the flock
    Blessed be the firemen that put out the flames that around us roar
    And blessed be the peacemakers in a time of endless war

    I can hear your blood pound
    I can feel the rhythm of your breath
    I can see from your bright eyes and smile
    That you've chosen to turn away from death
    I can feel the promise of love in life's darkness breaking all the way free
    And I can only shake my head that I found you and then you found me

    Blessed be those who see beyond the world pulled over our eyes
    Blessed are the ones who try to tell their story to mocking eyes
    Blessed is every one of us who still remembers what life is for
    And blessed be the peacemakers in a time of endless war.


    11 February 2006, Harlem, New York City.

    First performed on August 31st, 2008 at the Block Party in Lowertown, St. Paul, during the R.N.C. Convention.



    THIS SIDE OF PARADISE by NIGEL PARRY

    This Side Of Paradise album cover"...a disc whose recommendation is its deftly managed intensity"

    -- New Internationalist, August 2001


    "Deeply moving songs... With quiet intensity, Parry gives voice to this
    'invisible people' living under siege."


    -- Lydia Howell, KFAI Radio,
    90.3/106.7FM, Twin Cities, MN.


    DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE ALBUM FOR FREE ON THIS SITE!
  • search

    google search

    browse
    home
    what's new?
    about nigel parry
    multimedia blog
    selected writing
    songs & lyrics
    monkey times blog
    in the press
    action & events
    world news
    documentaries
    design & consulting
    • Video from Gaza after a New Year's Day bomb

    • First Dream (Unreleased)

    • Graveyard Of Forgotten Souls (Unreleased)

    • Christmas Fire (Unreleased)

    • The Color Of Life (Unreleased)

    • Peacemakers (Unreleased)

    • All Of This (Unreleased)

    • Whirlpools (Unreleased)

    • Forget (This Side of Paradise, 2001)

    • Too Many Thoughts (This Side of Paradise, 2001)

    • Land Of The Shadow (This Side of Paradise, 2001)

    • See How Both Of You Will Fly (This Side of Paradise, 2001)

    • The Fire This Time (Mizna, Issue 1, Volume 3, 2001)

    • I Need You (Unreleased)

    • Him (Unreleased)


    get e-mail news
    browse archive
    edit subscription

    tools
    e-mail this page
    print this page
    sitemap
    contact nigel parry



    The nigelparry.net-recommended website hosting service, with excellent uptime.

    FROZEN MINNESOTA gifts