Arda & the Stolen Moon

Lyrics

Kinder World

[Verse 1]
In a kinder world
Decisions would be taken irrespective of
lobbies, campaigns and interest groups
In a kinder world
This madness and utter delusion
wouldn't be allowed to go on by hook or by crook
In a kinder world
Weapons wouldn't grace the window
of every other corner shop
In a kinder world
A mother wouldn't ask for answers
when there are clearly none

[Pre-Chorus]
And you keep telling me guns don't kill
It's the hand that pulls the trigger
Right, here we go
Who came first? The egg or the chicken?

[Chorus]
Oh silly me...and my silly thoughts
Trying to untangle this Gordian Knot
When money talks (when money talks)
Ethics take a walk
And I'm a hopeless romantic by default

[Verse 2]
In a kinder world
Reason won't elude the people who
design, corrupt and manoeuvre the law
In a kinder world
We wouldn't be short distance runners
in an endless marathon
In a kinder world
We wouldn't be pinpricked with a needle
until we slowly bleed to death
In a kinder world
A father wouldn't ask for answers
when there are clearly none

[Pre-Chorus]
And I can count the many times you tried
Only to fall flat on your face
When even a broken clock gets it right
...Twice a day

[Chorus]
[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Orlando nightclub 49
13 souls in Columbine
Las Vegas 58
32 in Virginia Tech

11 in the Pittsburgh Synagogue
27 in the school of Sandy Hook
7 in Nashville Covenant school
Robb Elementary 22

12 souls gone in Monterey Park
6 in a Louisville Kentucky bank
Bataclan 90, 12 Charlie Hebdo
The list goes on and on and on...

Oh silly me...and my silly thoughts
Trying to untangle this Gordian Knot

[Chorus]