Autobiography of a Nation Lyrics

Write the words back down inside: We have burned their villages And all the people in them died And we adopt their customs And everything they say we steal. All the dreams they had we kill. Still we sleep sound at night. Is this what you wanted to hear? We erased all their images And dance and replace them with borders and flags At the top of this timeline you’ll remember This is the lipstick on the collar and in my own life I’ve seen it in the mirror sometimes At the cost of others hopes So, Write the words back down inside That’s where you need it the most And without conviction of heart You will never feel it at all. Yeah- we all dance to the same beat when we’re marching Yeah- the tv tells us everything we need to know And this scene is painted In all the fashions at the moment And history is all the same Everything you say: you stole Every dream you dream: you bought But I’m still here and we are all guilty.