Marillion - White Russian

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here, where do we go from here
Where do we go from here, where do we go from here

They boarded up the synagogues uzis on a street corner
You can't take a photograph of uzis on a street corner
The DJ resigned today they wouldn't let him have his say
Surface scratched where the needles play, uzis on a street corner

Where do we go from here

Terror in Rue de St. Denis, murder on the periphery
Someone else in someone else's pocket, Christ knows I don't know how to stop it
Poppies at the cenotaph, the cynics can't afford to laugh
I heard in on the telegraph there's uzis on a street corner

Where do we go from here, where do we go from here

The more I see, the more I hear, the more I find fewer answers
I close my mind, I shout it out but you know it's getting harder
To calm me down, to reason out, to come to terms with what it's all about
I'm uptight, can't sleep at night, I can't pretend everything's alright
My ideals, my sanity, they seem to be deserting me
But to stand up and fight I know we have six million reasons

They're burning down the synagogues uzis on a street corner
The heralds of the holocaust uzis on a street corner
The silence never louder than now, how quickly we forgot our vows
This resurrection we can't allow, uzis on a street corner

Where do we go from here, where do we go from here

We buy fresh bagels from the corner store
Where swastikas are spat from aerosols
I sit in the bar sipping iced White Russian
Trying to score but nobody's pushing
And everyone looks at everyone's faces
Searching for signs and praying for traces of a conscience in residence
Are we sitting on a barbed wire fence
Racing the clouds home, racing the clouds home

We place our faith in human rights
In the paper wars that tie the red tape tight
I know that I would rather be out of this conspiracy

In the gulags and internment camps frozen faces in nameless ranks
I know that they would rather be standing here beside
Racing the clouds home, racing the clouds home

You can shut your eyes, you can hide it away it's gonna come back another day

Racing the clouds home, are we racing the clouds home
Racing the clouds home

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• Russian

[prog4evr]

WITF was I rambling on a week ago? As I said elsewhere, this song is the BEST on the album from a strictly prog point-of-view. With all the great mood changes, esp. at the "buy fresh bagels" bridge, this song has one of the best and strongest ethereal endings, with the musical-box finish as a real wonder! An awesome song from the Fish-era Marillion repertoire...

[prog4evr]

Fish on vocals, Kelly on keys and Rothery on electric guitar. So many songs on this great album in which they all shine!

[Castaras]

@UrsusBavaricus Always seems to be the way of it. Same happened with Genesis and Peter Gabriel. So much drama in the music industry a lot of the time. Amazing songs come out of it though.

[heavyjasse]

@Fj00b = Thanx for Upload !

@FISH + MARILLION = Don´t matter got ORIGINAL at Home = LP+CD

What a Band-what a Music-What a Song !!!

This Song formed my Character to be "good" every Day !!!

I am so lucky to know this Song !

Greetings from Bosnia.

[shameman1]

one of their best pity it mite come true happen before

[UrsusBavaricus]

I can't help it: every time I listen to one of the Fish era Marillion albums, I keep thinking "what a senseless waste of musical" talent!" What a band they could have been hadn't they sacked Fish. Marillion with Fish: sheer musical genius. One without the other: mediocrity. Nothing more.

[lorenita665]

@prog4evr you forget Pete Trewavas, the incredible bass of Marillion...

[Tungsten180]

It's better than alright!

[farmerholden]

its alright :P

[Tungsten180]

Lol - good! You'd better like it too!

[farmerholden]

hey ashlin look, im commenting on your favorite song :P