Cry Of The Land-Skyclad

[ti:Cry Of The Land] [ar:Skyclad] [al:Jonah's Ark] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cry Of The Land - Skyclad [01:00.77]Vibrant and real I lie [01:04.53]Mantled by the open sky [01:07.83]The wind and waves my lullaby [01:11.03]I am the land [01:12.89] [01:13.77]Why do you view me with [01:15.77]Eyes unable to see [01:18.02] [01:20.21]The beauty in all that is pure [01:22.38]When it's left to live free [01:24.71] [01:40.02]So hot the fires within my breast [01:43.90]Rock and steel can't stand their test [01:47.52]Yet songbirds in my green beard nest [01:50.77]I am the land [01:52.02] [01:53.58]That which is so strong and old [01:56.58] [01:57.33]Cannot be bought or sold [02:00.02] [02:00.52]Mine is the green and gold [02:03.08] [02:03.83]Wealth without end [02:06.64]Ruled by the ebb of my oceans [02:09.27] [02:10.08]Slaves to the dusk and the dawn [02:12.51] [02:13.08]Your petri - dish civilisations [02:15.80]Are buried and born [02:17.17] [02:18.92]I watch as you live [02:20.86] [02:22.11]With your heads in the sand [02:24.04] [02:25.61]Unable to hear the cry of the land [02:30.91] [03:32.49]I was once a 'Happy Hunting Ground' [03:36.56]Then one day the eyes of science found [03:40.08]A blue - green planet [03:41.77]Spinning round a shining star [03:44.77] [03:45.95]The timeless giver of all life [03:48.84] [03:49.77]Offered as a sacrifice [03:52.27] [03:53.40]The priceless finds it's price [03:56.02] [03:56.52]In the greed of man [03:58.30] [04:11.55]You bury your fears [04:13.31] [04:14.61]And your heads in the sand [04:16.81] [04:18.06]So you'll never hear the cry of the land