Lyrics

[Verse 1] From a window, a vision of your world Looks surreal in a blue and grey surround I'm here in a corner, a picture on your screen I'm a satellite beam, a bystander And I'm watching the ship going down With the deadliest cargo inbound [Verse 2] Politicians, their axes ground and clean Survey the scene in a well-rehearsed alarm Stand back from the shoreline with a silver dollar smile And you put us on file, leave an island To the curse of the spray and the spill Worse things happen at sea and they will [Chorus] And how many birds make a sacrifice in the black fields How many wars 'til we pay the price in the black fields I know disaster grows without looking twice in the black fields [Verse 3] All hands to the video, take a movie channel cruise Anything but news, all cocooned we climb the stairs Back here in the black fields, we hide behind the trees In a chemical breeze, leave a call sign All the kings of the future will hear Civilization was here [Chorus] And how many birds make a sacrifice in the black fields How many wars 'til we pay the price in the black fields I know disaster grows without looking twice in the black fields [Bridge] To the world outside There was nothing more to see And the story died And the demon keeps below the sea And we cried and cried and cried [Instrumental] [Chorus] And how many birds make a sacrifice in the black fields How many wars 'til we pay the price in the black fields I know disaster grows without looking twice in the black fields [Outro] From a window, a vision of your world Looks surreal in a blue and grey surround