LIVERPOOL WINS

Lyrics

August 28th, 1833 August 1st, 1834 Bounded Bounded to unpaid labour without citizenship Without name, without language Look down in the galley August 1st, 1834 Payouts, bailouts Payout, bailout, rich before crime Rich during the crime And rich after Just enough to build a city A country An infrastructure A financial revolution A stronger Christianity A whiter God A period of Enlightenment Who builds death like this? The Romans, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the French, the Spanish, and don't stop, won't stop Who can't find any room for apologies? 1856, the opening of the National Portrait Gallery Full of lies Europeans' first encounter with a mirror and look how they see themselves In the famous painting of Queen Victoria she is presenting a Bible to a Moor in Windsor Called 'The Secret of England's Greatness' How long did it take? How long did it take? How long did it take to pay off the trauma? You've been paying for it all your life With just enough left over to buy a pint and a lie A burning truth Wrapped in the bosom of Mary and Peter How long did it take to pay off the trauma? The madness The infrastructure, the [?], the ports, the parks, the castles, the churches, the universities God (Oh God) My God (how long did it take) (How long did it take to pay off the trauma?) Save our souls (save our souls) Save our future, rot in your mouth (save our future, rot in your mouth) (How long did it take, did it take, did it take) (How long did it take?)