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 the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast      If God is dead and an actor plays his part   His words of fear will find 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      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   Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away      History will teach us nothing   History will teach us nothing      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      Sooner or later   Sooner or later   Sooner or later   Sooner or later      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      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   Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away      History will teach us nothing   History will teach us nothing      Know your human rights   Be what you come here for