A Voice from the Past

A voice from the past
 Entered my head today
 Fresh and alive. Full of life, passion and pain.
 A voice now past.
 A beautiful soul. Gone, gone, gone.
 Speaking clearly - clearer than the living
 Talking perfect sense
 Used to not being understood
 While talking perfect sense to the next generation
 Have we caught up yet?
 Is it time?
 I think it is.
 Enough is enough
 Enough is enough
 A voice from the past
 Entered my head today
 Tiny child sighed in my ear.
 Giving up breathing in
 Over and out
 Over and out
 Taken by bad luck and the ill fortune of geography.
 Common cold. Dirty water. HIV.
 Common apathy. Common crime.
 Perfect nonsense to the next generation
 Dead yet alive
 Dead yet alive
 Gone but shouting anger
 Gone but talking perfect sense
 Have we caught up yet?
 Is it time? Well I say it is. I say it is.
 Deaf and dumbed-down
 Enough is enough
 Give me a smile. Hold out your hand.
 I don't want your money
 I don't want your land
 Gimme a smile. Hold out your hand.
 I don't want your money
 I don't want your land
 I want you to wake up and do
 something strange
 I want you to listen
 I want you to feel someone else's pain
 Someone else's pain
 Someone else's pain
 Someone else's pain.
 Deaf and dumbed-down
 Deaf and dumbed-down
 A tap with clean water