Cry of the Martyrs by Algiers
Album : The Underside of Power
Released : 2017
With the world to win behind us
Our hands shorn for all to see
They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us
Of our defeat at Calvary
They’ll say our whole life is a locust
Disturbing their fractious peace
But it is they who mangle our horizons
Of our defeat at Calvary
But I see the light and I see the sea
Despite the future crashing down and closing over me
I got power over all my enemies
Listen to the martyrs cry for me
I see the light and I see the sea
The sun is going down but it won’t ease the burning
I’ve seen it written on the other side of history
Listen to the martyrs cry for me
With the world to win behind us
Our hands shorn for all to see
They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us
Of our defeat at Calvary
They’ll say our whole life is a locust
Disturbing their fractious peace
But it is they who mangle our horizons
Of our defeat at Calvary
There are histories of violence
Reduce our memories to silence
Repressing all the stories of the unsung and unseen
Listen to the martyrs cry for me
I see the light and I see the sea
I’m ready for the spiral down
I’m waiting for perdition
But I can’t carry myself down to die in peace
Listen to the martyrs cry
With the world to win behind us
Our hands shorn for all to see
They’ll till the dirt with our bodies to remind us
Of our defeat at Calvary
They’ll say our whole life is a locust
Disturbing their fractious peace
But it is they who mangle our horizons
Of our defeat at Calvary
● Algiers – The Underside of Power (Album 2017)
01. Walk Like a Panther
02. Cry of the Martyrs
03. The Underside of Power
04. Death March
05. A Murmur. A Sign.
06. Mme Rieux
07. Cleveland
08. Animals
09. Plague Years
10. A Hymn for an Average Man
11. Bury Me Standing
12. The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly
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● “Irony. Utility. Pretext. ”
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Find your favorite color
So you can wash it out
In your hymns
Correcting primitive cracks
Into straight lines
Superiority is born again
● “But She Was Not Flying ”
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And now he flips the coin of power with all of his friends
Deciding who is fit to go out and die
And who is black enough to be left behind
And who will model their exceptional lie
And just how many they can *** at the border line
● “And When You Fall ”
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When you got itYou forgot it was never yoursYou won’t know how but when it falls down
You’ll know exactly who we are