History Will Teach Us Nothing
[Written by Sting]
If we seek solace in the prisons
of the distant past
Security in human systems
We're told will always always last
Emotions are the sail
And blind faith is the mast
Without the breath of real freedom
We're getting nowhere fast
If God is dead and an actor plays his part
His words of fear will find a place in your heart
Without the voice of reason
Every faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past
Things can only get worse
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing
Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid and the powerful,
The architects of time
The mother of invention,
The oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity,
Aggression as its child
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Convince an enemy,
Convince him that he's wrong
Is to win a bloodless battle
Where victory is long
A simple act of faith
In reason over might
To blow up his children will only prove him right
History will teach us nothing
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
Know your human rights
Be what you come here for
