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In our youthful condemnation
The truth speaks for itself
That in a time of darkness
Someone cried for help

So we told a simple story
Of innocence and lies
How the truth became so twisted
In a single judges eyes

Our brave new rainbow nation
Was floating on the tide
In a sea of expectation
And a hard-won sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity
That swept across our land
Was broken on the rocks
Left lifeless on the sand

It all seemed very simple
Let the guilty take the blame
We can sing our songs of freedom
And put them all to shame

Shine a light into the darkness
Let them hear his name
But the more we tried to change things
The more they stayed the same

Our brave new rainbow nation
Was floating on the tide
In a sea of expectation
And a hard-won sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity
That swept across our land
Was broken on the rocks
Left lifeless on the sand

And no one else but Tyler
Knows exactly what he's missed
He's a man that's disappearing
Slowly ceasing to exist

And the only contribution
That he has left to give
Is the simple tragic story
Of the life he's never lived

Our brave new rainbow nation
Was floating on the tide
In a sea of expectation
And a hard-won sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity
That swept across our land
Was broken on the rocks
Left lifeless on the sand

Our brave new rainbow nation
Was floating on the tide
In a sea of expectation
And a hard-won sense of pride

But the wave of solidarity
That swept across our land
Was broken on the rocks
Left lifeless on the sand