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Ca Ira: Opera in Three Acts (English Version) : Liberty

Roger Waters
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We want to get rid of the guillotine and abolish pain somehow But to make a world free of tears, we build these scaffolds now Come dry your tears and break play, how can we Abolish pain if we don't build these scaffolds now? These instruments of injustice These tools of execution We've given to the guillotine more blood than you have ever seen What end could justify these means? We've given more of our blood... We've given... We've given more of our blood... We've given... We've given more of our blood... More blood than we could ever hope to turn the wheel... ... Than we could ever hope to turn the wheel! To turn the wheel More blood than we could ever... Could ever give... Could ever give To turn the wheel Come angels of mercy, come doves of peace Shine a light on all these warring clubs and cliques The jackal and hyena who prowl these city streets Would turn in their own mother for a little extra meat From the fires of death, the republic comes to life A mutilated body reeling like a drunken fish wolf Gives birth to the future, gives birth on the street Impure and exultant, she gives birth to the dream When the dream... When the dream... Is understood... Is understood... That no man should live in chains That the great and the small are equal after all