The Great Divide

Song The Great Divide
Artist Laibach
Album Wat

Lyrics

THE RISING
OF THE CEN
TURY DID N
OT BRING C
ATHARSIS.
THE RISING
OF THE CEN
TURY DID N
OT BRING S
ALVATION.
THE CRACK
IS GETTING
DEEPER, TH
E FLAMES A
RE BURNING
HIGHER. LO
ST AND HUN
TED REFUGE
ES ARE CHA
NTING IN T
HE CIRCLE.
THE PREDAT
ORS OF THE
GREAT DIVI
DE ARE CUT
TING THEIR
THROATS, S
LICING THE
IR GUTS, A
ND DRINKIN
G THEIR BL
OOD. THIS
WORLD WAS
ALWAYS FER
TILE AT TH
E ROOT OF
OUR TONGUE
S. OUR TON
GUES WERE
ALWAYS CUT
AT THE ROO
T OF OUR W
ORDS. WE H
AVE REACHE
D THE GOOD
AND EVIL A
ND WE DIDN'
T SPEAK MU
CH. BLOODY
SOIL - FER
TILE LAND,
BLOODY SOI
L - FERTIL
E LAND. BU
T THEN WE
HAD TO LEA
VE TO GO F
URTHER, TH
ROUGH BLIS
TERING HEA
T, CHASING
DEATH, ERA
SING DISTA
NCE DEVOUR
ING TIME W
ITH INFINI
TE GREED.
NOW WE ARE
HERE SENSI
TIVE TO SH
ADOWS, SPE
AKING TO T
HE DEAD AN
D BURNING
ALIVE IN O
UR RITUAL
SONGS. THE
SKY IS SET
ALIGHT AS
THOUGH THE
STARS WERE
AT WAR. TH
E DESERT I
S BURNING
WITH COLD
FLAMES. WH
ITE ASTRON
AUTS ARE R
EFLECTED O
N THE SURF
ACE. GOLDE
N MOUNTAIN
S ARE SHIN
ING IN THE
DISTANCE.
THIS IS TH
E BLACK CI
RCLE AND T
HIS THE BL
ACK CROSS.
THIS IS TH
E DARK FUN
ERAL AT MI
DNIGHT. A
BLOODY HOR
IZON HAS C
ONSUMED TH
E SUN IN T
HE MACHINE 2000
AND ONE.