[hammerdown]

When they turn the pages of history
When those days have passed long ago
Will they read of us with sadness
For the seeds that we let grow
We turned our gaze
From the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down
On the path of least resistance

Thanks for the heads-up,it's been too long.
Good to see Neil's getting on,that's a lot to bear.

[nunya bidness]

Check my profile. Timeless lyrics.

[Straight Vermonter]

I first heard the song "Red Sector A" while reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago". The two definitely go hand in hand.

Red Sector A


All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves is stay alive


Ragged lines of ragged grey
Skeletons, they shuffle away
Shouting guards and smoking guns
Will cut down the unlucky ones


I clutch the wire fence until my fingers bleed
A wound that will not heal
A heart that cannot feel
Hoping that the horror will recede
Hoping that tomorrow we'll all be freed


Sickness to insanity
Prayer to profanity
Days and weeks and months go by
Don't feel the hunger 
Too weak to cry


I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate
Are the liberators here?
Do I hope or do I fear?
For my father and my brother, it's too late
But I must help my mother stand up straight


Are we the last ones left alive?
Are we the only human beings to survive?