Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Redgum
Canonical path: /redgum/still-life
Related lyric paths: 6
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Still Life
Read Still Life lyrics by Redgum on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Still Life
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The axe is swift and reckless
Feel the grain, split it wide
Cut away to build the mansions
Of banks and boards in distant hands
The axeman looks to the sun
Covered eyes, blind to silence
The future is eroding
The sacred past destroyed
No damning feats of progress
Comfort the unemployed
The earth is shred and skun
Fortune seekers hit and ru-un
Barren earth, poisoned skies, wasted seas
Will we see the light through the trees
Before the last axe falls
A sweet breeze of rage is blowing
From forest to the town
Slowly the tide is turning
With love the seed is sown
No time for feeling helpless
We've change to make
While there's still li-ife
Lessons learnt quickly fade, memories
Will we see the light through the trees
As the last axe falls
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Who performs "Still Life"?
Redgum performs "Still Life", and this lyric page sits inside the Redgum catalog on LyroVerse.
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