Naked Face

from Cross My Heart by Nigel Brown

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The terror came in silence in a time of famine without name, you could pick the dirt for what was spilled when they took next years grain away, any dreams that they still entertained flew away with fleeing crows, as the rifles felled the peasants who questioned or dared say no. In the east they saw the naked face, full of hate rage and envy, in a land built not by their own hands the chosen few enslaved the many, in lands where life was always hard a time came more savage still, starvation and mass murder grew under an alien iron heel. One day we may see the naked face and we shall rue the day and grieve those spent chances that we had to turn away. There people learned what fear was, from the old enemy of the world, swapped one master for another, the red flag a shroud unfurled, the old enemy wears many masks to suit his choice of guile, but whatever mask he choose to use, tears of grief remain the price. Illusion cast by smoke and mirror, a nightmare made reality, scraps of black bread and stinking rags in the name of enforced equality, and all that holds a folk together or gives a people self respect, was first derided and then scorned, then became a treasonous act. There truth quickly became a crime and madness drowned out sanity, soon none dared speak against the wrongs of slavery dressed as liberty. One day we may see the naked face and we shall rue the day and grieve those spent chances that we had to turn away, one day we may see the naked face and we shall rue the day and grieve those spent chances that we had to turn away. One day we may see the naked face and we shall rue the day and grieve those spent chances that we had to turn away.

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from Cross My Heart, released February 14, 2020
Music by Nigel Brown, lyrics by Chris Frederickson

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Culminating a 30 year songwriting career, Cross My Heart is Nigel Brown's first solo EP, delivering six original songs reflecting upon the state of the world, interpersonal relationships, inner strength, the lessons of history, and concepts of honour.

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