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History Will Teach Us Nothing

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History Will Teach Us Nothing

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If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant pastSecurity in human systems we're told will always always lastEmotions are the sail and blind faith is the mastWithout a breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fastIf God is dead and an actor plays his partHis words of fear will find their way to a place in your heartWithout the voice of reason every faith is its own curseWithout freedom from the past things can only get worseSooner or later just like the world first daySooner or later we learn to throw the past awaySooner or later just like the world first daySooner or later we learn to throw the past awaySooner or later we learn to throw the past awayHistory will teach us nothingHistory will teach us nothingOur written history is a catalogue of crimeThe sordid and the powerful, the architects of timeThe mother of invention, the oppression of the mildThe constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its childSooner or laterSooner or laterSooner or laterSooner or laterConvince an enemy, convince him that he's wrongIs to win a bloodless battle where victory is longA simple act of faithIn reason over mightTo blow up his children will only prove him rightHistory will teach us nothingSooner or later the world first daySooner or later we learn to throw the past awaySooner or later the world first daySooner or later we learn to throw the past awaySooner or later we learn to throw the past awayHistory will teach us nothingHistory will teach us nothingKnow you human rightsBe what you come here forKnow your human rightsBe what you come here forKnow your human rightsBe what you come here forKnow your human rightsBe what you come here for
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