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Humankind

from A Taste Of Blake by Blake

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We (Karmatruffle) cooked up the new arrangement for this song in a rehearsal studio in Reading. My demo was a bit more straight-laced. From 'What You Do Comes Back To You'.

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Humankind

Is it a bird or is it a plane?
From where I'm standing they could look the same
I just hope that's birdshit falling through the sky
What's going on is there a party tonight?
I've seen the rockets lighting up the night
Man have you seen the way they fly so high?

But all the machine guns
They can't kill anyone
Inanimate objects don't have minds
Like humankind

You see that monkey living up that tree
It wants to live in a laboratory
Wants to give it's life so you can do your hair
You see that man who doesn't look like us
You see that child who cannot make a fuss
The world's on fire but how much do we care?

But all the machine guns
They can't kill anyone
Inanimate objects don't have minds
Like humankind

And all the cynics they just laugh and sneer
Choose not to listen when they bend my ear
It's not sophistication to say that life is shit
But there's no superhero up in the sky
And there's no guru gonna tell you why
We change the situation by confronting it

But all the machine guns
They can't kill anyone
Inanimate objects don't have minds
Like humankind

credits

from A Taste Of Blake, released August 27, 2010
Produced by Simon Plater and Karmatruffle

Blake - vocals, electric guitar
Paul Kench - lead guitar
Sarah Anthony - bass
Jamie Jordan - drums

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