The Ballad of the Red Flame Lily-Rome

[ti:The Ballad of the Red Flame Lily] [ar:Rome] [al:A Passage to Rhodesia] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.06]The Ballad of the Red Flame Lily - Rome [00:01.61]Written by：Jérôme Reuter [00:02.95] [00:12.35]On this day [00:13.32] [00:13.97]All the trees in rhodesia are aflame [00:16.39] [00:17.02]As the eyes of the griever [00:18.59]With flowers of aching replete [00:22.76] [00:24.88]And my mind's [00:26.48]Overflowing with vengeance [00:28.19]For to pines [00:29.45]Not an occupation but a sentence [00:31.41]And in time we will all be faking retreat [00:35.97] [00:37.46]Have you got rid of it yet [00:39.83] [00:41.15]This faith corroded with neglect [00:43.89] [00:45.28]Can we ever hide the hurt [00:48.30] [00:49.87]At least at night the harvest sun's yoke [00:52.99] [00:53.86]Is rising like rebel smoke [00:56.35] [00:57.76]Beyond the oceans in swirls [01:02.46]And it will shame us now [01:07.16] [01:08.77]And it will shame us still [01:13.47] [01:15.15]And it will shame us now [01:19.97] [01:21.24]And it will shame us still [01:26.21] [01:34.27]What a hollow promise from hollow men [01:38.67] [01:40.18]What a shallow grave for shallow men [01:44.76] [01:46.30]You're the bull that paws the earth [01:48.44] [01:49.50]The leopard that teaches to run [01:52.01] [01:53.05]You're the crocodile that eats the sun [01:56.80] [01:59.21]So we walk on through and beyond [02:03.51] [02:07.80]The failures of men [02:10.45] [02:11.84]And we know [02:13.57] [02:15.18]There's a void at the centre of [02:19.14] [02:20.41]Everything [02:24.03] [02:24.61]And it will shame us now [02:29.22] [02:30.67]And it will shame us still [02:35.72] [02:37.11]And it will shame us now [02:41.84] [02:43.26]And it will shame us still [02:48.24] [02:49.61]And it will shame us now [02:54.42] [02:55.95]And it will shame us still [03:00.52] [03:02.39]And it will shame us now [03:06.59] [03:08.59]And it will shame us still [03:13.22] [03:40.21]And it will shame us now [03:45.04] [03:46.45]And it will shame us still [03:51.02] [03:52.82]And it will shame us now [03:57.52] [03:59.04]And it will shame us still [04:03.60] [04:05.37]And it will shame us now [04:10.03] [04:11.67]And it will shame us still [04:16.29] [04:17.97]And it will shame us now [04:22.73] [04:24.30]And it will shame us still