lirik lagu ciaran murphy - internment by remand
[verse 1]
well, it was seven in the morning when our door came up the hall
our local politician said he’d seen nothing at all
they identified her husband and they dragged him from his bed
the cops had read the papers and they don’t like what he said
for seven months they watched him as he followed them about
to document their antics and to hold them to account
and the only weapon that he has was camera in his hand
and now they’ve come to serve him with internmеnt by remand
now they’ve comе to serve him
with internment by remand
[verse 2]
from the concrete streets of belfast to sweet derry on the foyle
from newry in the valley to tyrone’s dark, ancient soil
there’s a dark and ancient practice and it still goes on today
if you hold the wrong opinion, they can still put you away
no hesistance, no evidence, due process not required
just the ramblings of a policeman or informers that they’ve hired
for evidence and diplock courts, they don’t go hand in hand
where britain clings to ireland
with internment by remand
whre britain clings to ireland
with internment by remand
[verse 3]
well, it was seven in the morning when our door came up the hall
and the champions of democracy ignored it one and all
and her husband, long retired, was the target of arrest
for he spoke his mind too many times; he got things off his chest
when word got back to london and the secretary of state
they said, ‘withdraw his license, get him back across the gate’
‘these unrepenting fenians, will they never understand
the roots of british justice
internment by remand
the roots of british justice
internment by remand’
[verse 4]
well, they’ll say internment’s over and they’ll say it with a smile
while irish men still rot in jail; they’ll never see a trial
and nationalism celebrates with heads stuck in the sand
while england clings to ireland
with internment by remand
while england clings to ireland
with internment by remand
[verse 5]
well, the brits said peace was imminent in 1998
put up their institutions and pulled down the orange state
still, they rounded up their critics like their fathers did before
with guns and special powers and the backings of their law
and the forces that oppress us, well they never quite resigned
just put on different uniforms and tactics were refined
and their loyal courts of justice, still they hold them by the hand
while mi5’s wee police force
plots internment by remand
while mi5’s wee police force
plots internment by remand
[verse 6]
well, it was seven in the morning when his door came up the hall
a boat of lithuanians had answered england’s call
they requested extradition, though they barely knew his name
price of joining nato was britannia’s dirty games
and they kept one there in squalor, and his brother on remand
away from friends and family and their tortured native land
though they knew the case against them was a castle built on sand
still, they tore them from their homestead
with internment by remand
they tore them from their homestead
with internment by remand
[verse 7]
they interned our men and women for eleven thousand days
then with house arrest and curfew and deliberate delays
they can silence their opponents with conditions for release
no contact and no politics, no travel, no free speech
and if this was putin’s russia, north korea or saigon
the great and good would jump around scream that this is wrong
but there’ll be no trendy outrage from the irish middle class
while the champions of democracy are kissing britain’s ass
while the champions of democracy
they’re kissing britain’s ass
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