The Court

Album: i/o (2023)
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  • You put your hand up, you make your bid
    You got your pictures all laid out on the grid
    Look in the garden, in the surface ground
    Buried everything that you never want found

    And the court will rise
    While the pillars all fall

    We got the healer and the birthday cake
    We got the real thing and we got the fake
    You got the ladder but where is the snake?
    How my body begins to wake

    And the court will rise
    While the pillars all fall

    You got the money goin' up your nose
    You got the data, don't control where it goes
    But you have left it getting down to the bone
    Your only memories on your mobile phone

    And the court will rise
    While the pillars all fall

    Out of this sentence
    The ball and the claw
    And all these pronouncements
    I can make up the voice of the law
    Out in the market, all our lives are on sale
    And the balls are drifting further apart
    Recovery cannot fail

    Got the things you need and they're all in place
    Got the big shot barrister to plead my case
    Got my baby throwin' up on a chocolate milk
    The black cat judge reaches for his silk

    And the court will rise
    While the pillars all fall

    We lost the line between the good and bad
    We lost the line between the sane and the mad
    Used to draw the line across the writing pad
    The line of conscience that we never have had

    And the court will rise
    While the pillars all fall

    So many reaching for it
    So many reaching out for it (you know that justice is blind)
    So many are reaching for it
    So many reaching out for it (you know that justice is blind)
    So many looking out for it
    So many looking out for it (you know that justice is blind) Writer/s: Peter Gabriel
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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