Chessboards / 'Brighter Than A Thousand Suns' (1986), #3

Killing Joke - Chessboards Lyrics

We in our infancy, led down shining paths
Shine, shine, shining paths, divine our disillusion
Face our imperfection, I begin to wonder
Onion peelings scattered, we've been crying crying.

Open our eyes and [bad word] down
I open my eyes and [bad word] down
I look through your mind and [bad word] down
And under the skies and [bad word] down.

Look at our condition, stand on concrete dias
Lovers frail and naked move like pawns on chessboards
I had no idea, I had no conception
Where have we [bad word] from? Where are we all going?

Open our eyes and [bad word] down
I open my eyes and [bad word] down
I look through your mind and [bad word] down
And under the skies and [bad word] down.

All these changes we shall witness
I will try to understand
Share your grief and your [bad word] in us cries
No divine intervention, only moves on black and white
Great schemes, great schemes are also made of these.

Open our eyes and [bad word] down
I open my eyes and [bad word] down
I look through your mind and [bad word] down
And under the skies and [bad word] down.