With the russian-Ukrainian conflikt always on the news this is what came today to my mind. Wanna collab.... just do it :)
1. With one hand on the Bible
he knew it was a libel
To call the man in front of him a hero
when the deeds the man had done were zero
Ch
He swore an oath
He lied a thousand lies
Whit one hand at the bible
and one hand at the heart
He also sang a thousand more goodbyes
2. The medals on their chest(s)
Sad some believe they were the best
But echoes from Nuremberg told the truth
they had lied through all the days of their past youth
Ch
They swore an oath
They lied a thousand lies
Whit one hand at the bible
and one hand at the heart
They also sang a thousand more goodbyes
Outro
And we still hear the sound of what once were
And none of us want to go back there
To the echoes of what we once called a hero
Are shaded since the deeds they did were zero.
Ch
They swore an oath
They lied a thousand lies
Whit one hand at the bible
and one hand at the heart
They also sang a thousand more goodbyes
Ch
They swore an oath
They lied a thousand lies
Whit one hand at the bible
and one hand at the heart
They also sang a thousand more goodbyes
@donna Feb 2022
Always a pleasure to read your intelligent and thought-provoking lyrics, Maddie. :) Well-crafted and powerful.
It never ends. One hand on the bible and one hand on the heart, indeed.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
very powerful and to the point a fine topical lyric- as it always is I guess
@cindyrella Feb 2022
It's sad and this will be a powerful song.
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Powerful, timely, important, sad.
@beat Feb 2022
Ja. Sad story. And it happens all over the planet. In Africa, Mianmar, Afghanistan, the Chinese are planing on Taiwan, the Brasiliens are chopping our friends the trees… they always lie a thousand lies with one hand at the heart.
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
i love this lyric. if i can get some private time during this busy birthday week of my daughter, i will have a go at it...unless someone beats me to the punch