All Our Sins - VNV Nation

I speak from a place where some talk of signs

Tired superstitions to drown out the wise

Dark clouds have gathered to block out the sun

All of our sins to judge us in turn

Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons

Would any be counted to take up the cause?

If we can’t imagine that the hour is near

Then all of our sins won’t fade with the tears

Do you hear the drums of the warmonger’s charge

Who feeds on the blood of our youngest and brave

Throw oil on the fires, turn friend against friend

All of our sins consume us in flame

I hope you know, I hope you can see

The march is beginning all over again

Will we ever learn?

Will we ever know peace,

Before all of our sins drag us to the deep?

Can you not see them?

There’s blood on their hands

They rape and they murder for pleasure and gain

The harbingers comes in blazes of gold

With fear and destruction a haven for none

What would it take to force us to act?

Before visions have faded and hope is worn out

Would we strive to be better?

Could we learn from the past?

For all of our sins — atonement at last

For the sake of our conscience, for the sake of our souls

To never more suffer peace without end

Or will be pass silent into the great night?

When all of our sins will lie with the dust

Tell me their names, tell me their names

Look into their eyes and what do you see?

Do you see their pain and look blindly away?

Do you hear their voices?

Do you hear their screams?

And do you not suffer?

Do you know no shame?

All those around you would banish you away

I hope that their cries haunt you till the end

All of your sins, you can’t wash away

For the sake of our conscience, for the sake of our souls

To never more suffer peace without end

Or will be pass silent into the great night?

When all of our sins will lie with the dust

For the sake of our conscience, for the sake of our souls

To never more suffer peace without end