Story Behind The Song
Having left the UK with its race riots and other festering European cultural differences and come to Australia, only to see many migrants bring those hatreds/distrust with them.
Song Description
Paints a picture of fracturing society in the "old" country and how it is mirrored in a "new" country. Ask the question if this cycle can ever be broken.
| Song Length |
2:51 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Poignant |
Subject |
Race/Ethnicity, Justice |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1700 - 1799 |
Lyrics
PLEASANT LAND
I was born in a pleasant land of fields rich and green
Where folk of ancient lineage say everyone is free
And the smoke from old battlefields was fading from minds
The future was a-beckoning for all human kind
But this view of Camelot was destined to fade
My rose tinted glasses got lost in the shade
I saw cracks in the facade saw veneer peel
Unreal expectations that hard hearts could feel
CHORUS
Is there a land that claims to be free where people live in harmony and equality
Despite wars down the centuries we?ve hardened with age
Still fists are thrust in faces contorted with rage
Minds have proved weaker than religion or skin
Can any land be a pleasant land with such anger within
I?ve come to a pleasant land of fields wide and brown
Where folk from all around the world toil the country and town
But some have brought old battlefields and refuse to for-give
And stoke the fires of emnity in the nest where they live
Is there a land that claims to be free where people live in harmony and equality
where people live in harmony and equality