"Famine" - Sinéad O'Connor
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Sinéad O'Connor
Okay, I want to talk about Ireland<br /> Specifically I want to talk about the "famine"<br /> About the fact that there never really was one<br /> There was no "famine"<br /> See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes<br /> All of the other food<br /> Meat fish vegetables<br /> Were stipped out of the country under armed guard<br /> To England while the Irish people starved<br /> And then on the middle of all this<br /> They gave us money not to teach our children Irish<br /> And so we lost our history<br /> And this is what I think is still hurting me<br /> <br /> See we're like a child that's been battered<br /> Has to drive itself out of it's head because it's fightened<br /> Still feels all the painful feelings<br /> But they lose contact with the memory<br /> <br /> And this leads to massive self-destruction<br /> Alcoholism drug addiction<br /> All desperate attempts at running<br /> And in it's worst form<br /> Becomes actual killing<br /> <br /> And if there ever is gonna be healing<br /> There has to be remembering<br /> And then grieving<br /> So that there then can be forgiving<br /> There has to be knowledge and understanding<br /> <br /> An American army regulation<br /> Says you mustn't kill more than 10% of a nation<br /> 'Cause to do so causes permanent "psychological damage"<br /> It's not permanent but they didn't know that<br /> Anyway during the supposed "famine"<br /> We lost a lot more than 10% of a nation<br /> Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration<br /> But what finally broke us was not starvation<br /> But it's use in the controlling of our education<br /> School go on about "Black 47"<br /> On and on about "The terrible "famine""<br /> But what they don't say is in truth<br /> There really never was one<br /> <br /> So let's take a look shall we<br /> The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC<br /> And we say we're a Christian country<br /> But we've lost contact with our history<br /> See we used to worship God as a mother<br /> We're sufferin from post traumatic stress disorder<br /> Look at all our old men in the pubs<br /> Look at all our young people on drugs<br /> We used to worship God as a mother<br /> Now look at what we're doing to each other<br /> We've even made killers of ourselves<br /> The most child-like trusting people in the Universe<br /> And this is what's wrong with us<br /> Our history books the parent figure lied to us<br /> <br /> I see the Irish<br /> As a race like a child<br /> That got itself basned in the face<br /> <br /> And if there ever is gonna be healing<br /> There has to be remembering<br /> And then grieving<br /> So that there then can be forgiving<br /> There has to be knowledge and understanding<br /> ---<br /> Lyrics powered by lyrics.tancode.com<br /> written by LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL / REYNOLDS, JOHN / O'CONNOR, SINEAD / SIMENON, TIM / CLAYTON, DAVID<br /> Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI Music PublishingLyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>
"Famine" Lyrics
Okay, I want to talk about Ireland
Specifically I want to talk about the "famine"
About the fact that there never really was one
There was no "famine"
See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes
All of the other food
Meat fish vegetables
Were stipped out of the country under armed guard
To England while the Irish people starved
And then on the middle of all this
They gave us money not to teach our children Irish
And so we lost our history
And this is what I think is still hurting me
See we're like a child that's been battered
Has to drive itself out of it's head because it's fightened
Still feels all the painful feelings
But they lose contact with the memory
And this leads to massive self-destruction
Alcoholism drug addiction
All desperate attempts at running
And in it's worst form
Becomes actual killing
And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering
And then grieving
So that there then can be forgiving
There has to be knowledge and understanding
An American army regulation
Says you mustn't kill more than 10% of a nation
'Cause to do so causes permanent "psychological damage"
It's not permanent but they didn't know that
Anyway during the supposed "famine"
We lost a lot more than 10% of a nation
Through deaths on land or on ships of emigration
But what finally broke us was not starvation
But it's use in the controlling of our education
School go on about "Black 47"
On and on about "The terrible "famine""
But what they don't say is in truth
There really never was one
So let's take a look shall we
The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC
And we say we're a Christian country
But we've lost contact with our history
See we used to worship God as a mother
We're sufferin from post traumatic stress disorder
Look at all our old men in the pubs
Look at all our young people on drugs
We used to worship God as a mother
Now look at what we're doing to each other
We've even made killers of ourselves
The most child-like trusting people in the Universe
And this is what's wrong with us
Our history books the parent figure lied to us
I see the Irish
As a race like a child
That got itself basned in the face
And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering
And then grieving
So that there then can be forgiving
There has to be knowledge and understanding
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written by LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL / REYNOLDS, JOHN / O'CONNOR, SINEAD / SIMENON, TIM / CLAYTON, DAVID
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