The Underside of Power - Algiers

Broken shards

All that we are at sometime

Scattered around

What you try to control all your life

It’s not a matter of fate, it’s just a question of time, and we all fall down

It’s not a matter of fate, it’s just a question of time, and we all fall down

I’ve been stranded and paid to die on the side of the road

I’ve been shot just because my heart

I’ve lost the times I’ve been bought and sold

I’ve been the victim of golden eyes

I’ve seen the dead walk among the living

In division, what’s stripped away is made the same on the other side

Because I’ve seen the underside of power

It’s a game that can’t go on

It could break down any hour

I’ve seen their faces and I’ve known them all

Once I vanished to reappear as an object of love

I’ve been ripped from the inside out

And then delivered in the hands of the devil

I’ve been convicted of ancient crimes

And made to drift from Hell to treason

In division is stripped away is made the same on the underside

Because I’ve seen the underside of power

It’s just a game that can’t go on

It could break down any hour

I’ve seen their faces and I’ve known them all

We’re on the wrong side of the power

It’s a shadow

It’s just a fire thrown across the wall

Hold on

Standfast

Stay strong

Change is coming on

One day a change is gonna come

Because I’ve seen the underside of power

It’s just a game that can’t go on

It could break down any hour

I’ve seen their faces and I’ve known them all

We’re on the wrong side of the power

It’s a shadow

It’s just a fire thrown across the wall

Because I’ve seen the underside of power

It’s just a game that can’t go on

It could break down any hour

I’ve seen their faces and I’ve known them all