PJ Harvey - Written on the Forehead lyrics

People throwing dinars at the bellydancers
In a sad circus by a trench of burning oil
People throw belongings
A lifetime's earnings
Amongst the scattered rubbish and
Suitcases on the sidewalk

Date palms and orange and tangerine trees
And eyes are crying for everything
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn
So I talked to an old man by the generator
Blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn he was standing on the gravel
By the fetid river
Blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn
He turned to me and then surveyed the scene
Said, "War is here in our beloved city"
Blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn
Some dove in the river and tried to swim away
Through tons of sewage
Fate written on their foreheads
Blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn
Date palms and orange and tangerine trees
And eyes are crying for everything
Blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood and fire

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn blood, blood, blood, blood and fire
Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn
Burn