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The Camp"
[Verse 1: PJ Harvey]
I saw children through a fence
standing by blue canvas tents
I called to them, they move like ghosts
Gliding, silent and remote
A girl who smiled was a straight lie
looked like a creature out of time
A grey boy burned by cigarettes
pushed his scarred hands through the fence
And when I turned, and tried to run
I saw ten thousand children
Were laid in lines wrapped in white sheets
Along a godforsaken street
[Verse 2: Ramy Essam in Egyptian]
("an excerpt from Ramy Essam's verse, translated from Egyptian to English" from press-release)I wish I had wings to fly away, far away.
Meet smiley faces who never ask where I came from;
not to ask about colour, race, or religion.
What difference does it make if we're all humans?
No wars, no limits, no borders. Earth is everyone's right.
[Chorus]
I prayed an angel from the clouds
Would free the children, free them, oh oh
I prayed and waited for an age
I waited but no angel came (x4)
[Outro]
I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came
I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came
I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came
I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came