Released: October 13, 1987
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Neil Dorfsman Sting
[Verse 1]
If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems we're told will always always last
Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast
Without a breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast
[Verse 2]
If God is dead and an actor plays his part
His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart
Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past things can only get worse
[Chorus]
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
[Verse 3]
Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time
The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child
[Chorus]
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
[Verse 4]
Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong
Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long
A simple act of faith
In reason over might
To blow up his children will only prove him right
History will teach us nothing
[Chorus]
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
History will teach us nothing
[Bridge]
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away[x2]
[Outro]
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems we're told will always always last
Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast
Without a breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast
[Verse 2]
If God is dead and an actor plays his part
His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart
Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past things can only get worse
[Chorus]
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
[Verse 3]
Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time
The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child
[Chorus]
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
[Verse 4]
Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong
Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long
A simple act of faith
In reason over might
To blow up his children will only prove him right
History will teach us nothing
[Chorus]
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
History will teach us nothing
[Bridge]
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away[x2]
[Outro]
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Know you human rights
Be what you come here for
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
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- ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
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- Shape of My Heart
- Englishman in New York
- Desert Rose
- Fields of Gold
- Fragile
- Russians
- It’s Probably Me
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Brand New Day
- Seven Days
- Mad About You
- A Thousand Years
- Soul Cake
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- All This Time
- When We Dance
- If It’s Love
- The Last Ship
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- Children’s Crusade
- Moon Over Bourbon Street
- Synchronicity I
- Giacomo’s Blues