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Power and the Greed (2023 Remix)

by The Id

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ALL PROCEEDS TO GO TO THE RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT

We are releasing this track to raise funds for the Red Cross/Red Crescent to help the poor innocent civilians caught up in the atrocious events in Israel and Gaza.

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lyrics

Part 1 - History Bites
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As another dawn evades the setting sun
So triggered fingers fight to hold the loaded gun

In others hearts
The memory lingers on
Forgotten fights
Are fading like a song

For so many years
The silent tears
Were cried and washed away

The many seek
To find a brighter day

While the watchers in the wings survey their prey

And as the years pass by the memory lingers on
The faded photographs
Of poetry unsung

And still the hungry powers all fail and disagree
The pain and suffering is what the warlords always fail to see

And still the jaded hunger lingers on
Broken ruins that their lives were built upon
And the trenches of fear and decay have now all gone

But still it’s power and greed…

When will they
End the pain?

And still the nightmare lingers on
Different singers provide the same old song
And it seems that nobody fights to right the wrongs

Cos still it’s power and greed…

When will someone sow the seed?
Love and peace

I’m watching…

I’m waiting…

I’m watching…

Part 2 - The Watcher in the Wings
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The innocent are sent
To fight in distant lands
To feed a fearful need
To play out wicked plans

To feed the men in power’s apocalyptic dreams
How many politicians hear the frightened screams
How many final hours before the war is won?
How many snuffed-out souls before your will is done?

How many mothers’ cries will it take to make you see?
Turn away from greed?
We’re all the same you see
We’re all one family you know…

…If we could learn to all agree

Part 3 - Over and Out
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And as another dawn evades the setting sun
Will the triggered fingers let go of their guns?
And will the fighting hearts turn to nobler ends?
If we gave peace a chance
I’m sure we could be friends

Then would the power and the greed still feel the need to linger on?…

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released October 14, 2023
Peter Albrektsen - Guitars and Keyboards
Mark Murdock - Drums
Jamie Radegas - Keyboard solo
Tim Pepper - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Programming

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The Id are a band who have never met.

We collaborate online as band members live in Canada, Norway, Japan and the U.K.

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