Saw the news in the afternoon
'Nother war will be coming soon
Man ripped up like a piece of paper
With his wife looking on and no one to help her
Hammill says we're still in the dark ages
With people's greed and hating rages
The world don't learn so the world will burn
The world will burn cause the world won't learn
Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again
Such a messed up world we're living in today
Thank God for the rain, maybe it'll wash that scum away
Streets ain't safe in this town no more
A girl get hassled at her front door
Violence rising out of hand
Can't bring the kids up in this land
Getting mugged on your way home
By kids with masks and knifes they own
How long will it be till they got a gun
And hoot you down just like a dog for fun
Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again
Such a messed up world we're living in today
Thank God for the rain, maybe it'll wash that scum away
Thought my sensitivity would be smashed, by some inner city wisdom trash
Instead my own phobia centricity is growing out of every bit of me
I like my home I don't want to move but maybe I'll be forced soon
To lock the doors and board up the windows
Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again
Such a messed up world we're living in today
Thank God for the rain, maybe it'll wash that scum away
People die and nature replaces
You see the lives in all the faces
Of so-called lunatics and basket cases
Who'd hang themselves with their shoe laces
They have no place in the rat race
As a society which just misplaces
Puts more importance on money not faces
And have its sleeves filled with all the aces
Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again
Such a messed up world we're living in today
Thank God for the rain, maybe it'll wash that scum away
The lyrics THANK GOD FOR THE RAIN of GRAHAM COXON is also present in the album Crow sit on blood tree (2001)
Graham Leslie Coxon (nato il 12 giugno 1969) è un cantautore, chitarrista e produttore discografico britannico. È conosciuto principalmente come membro fondatore e chitarrista dei Blur, una delle band più influenti del movimento britpop degli anni '90. Coxon ha contribuito in modo significativo alla sonorità distintiva dei Blur, caratterizzata da riff di chitarra incisivi, melodie orecchiabili e testi introspettivi. Oltre al suo lavoro con i Blur, Coxon ha intrapreso una carriera solista di successo, pubblicando diversi album apprezzati dalla critica. Tra le sue collaborazioni più note figurano quelle con Damon Albarn (voce dei Blur) in progetti come Gorillaz e The Good, the Bad and the Queen. 2001 è stato un anno importante per Coxon, che ha pubblicato il suo primo album solista, "The Sky Is Too Much". Il suo stile musicale si evolve nel corso degli anni, passando da sonorità più rock a influenze folk e elettroniche. Alcuni dei suoi brani più rappresentativi includono "Freud", "A Long Time", "She's So High" (con i Blur) e "The Day I Died". Coxon è considerato uno dei chitarristi più talentuosi della sua generazione, apprezzato per la sua tecnica virtuosistica e la capacità di creare atmosfere sonore evocative.
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