Barricades - The Cat Empire

Hey!

You’re living in a dream

You’re burning all the oxygen here in your little room

Waiting for sleep to come

Maybe

You’re more than what it seems

Somewhere among the piles of ashes and broken glass

There is a sweet thing

So welcome to the party dreamer, it’s nice to meet you

You’ve got the world on your shoulders

What did they do to you to make

You hide your beautiful self with …

Barricades

Snakes crawling through ancient stones

Nobody’s holding your hand, no one’s making it easy

But I believe

You’ve got more power in the twist of one finger

Than all the tyrants and predators

The hypocrites will not rest at ease

A darker truth will bow down to you

I can only see you in silhouette

Turn yourself to the light so I can see your face

Only broken moments are sacrosanct

Turn yourself to the light so I can see your face

Your beautiful face, your beautiful face, your beautiful face

Behind those barricades

If you walk with barricades

You need a gimlet stare

You need a reptile handshake, the revolution

Singing kumbaya

'cause one day they gonna throw their secrets back on your shoulders

You turn the old television off

The lion opens it’s mouth to roar, but someone’s shaking your shoulders

I can only see you in silhouette

Turn yourself to the light so I can see your face

Only broken moments are sacrosanct

Turn yourself to the light so I can see your face

Your beautiful face, your beautiful face, your beautiful face

Behind those barricades

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I can only see you in silhouette

Turn yourself to the light so I can see your face

Only broken moments are sacrosanct

Turn yourself to the light so I can see your face

Your beautiful face, your beautiful face, your beautiful face

Behind those barricades