Ring Your Bells

It's rare I ever hope for rain

But I'll keep my fingers crossed it rains today

I hope the river bursts its banks

And it washes that smug smile from your face

Yes I'm bitter, yes, you won

And it seems that there is nothing to be done

But sit and wait pen in hand

And write it all down in another pointless song

You see I falter now and then

And I think of giving up and giving in

Throw down the gauntlet, join the ranks

Worship the clown behind the door of number ten

It could be easy, I could be free

But I couldn't live with who I'd have to be

I can't ignore it, I'm not like you

I can't watch it topple and pretend that I don't see

So you ring your bells, you ring 'em loud

'Til they're drowning out the roaring of the crowd

Ring them for peace, ring them for hope

For this country you've left broken and alone

I'm scared of what's to come

And I'm scared of what my country has become

But we've got it back now let's celebrate

Forget we're staring down the barrel of a gun

The world's on fire, the right's on the rise

And they'd love to take us back to nineteen-thirty-nine

There are people starving, people lost

And all you'll give them's empty promises and lies

So you ring your bells, you ring 'em loud

'Til they're drowning out the roaring of the crowd

Ring them for peace, ring them for hope

For this country you've left broken and alone

So it's done. I understand

I'll let you have today, I'm holding up my hands

So raise the colours, raise a toast

To our new Jerusalem; this green and pleasant land