Standingatthelimitofanendlessocean
strandedlikearunaway,lostatsea
cityonarainydaydownintheharbour
watchingasthegreycloudsshadowthebay
lookingeverywhere'causeIhadtofindyou
thisisnotthewaythatirememberithere
anyonewilltellyouitsaprisonerisland
hiddeninthesummerforamillionyears

GreatSouthernLand,burnedyoublack

Soyoulookintothelandanditwilltellyouastory
story'boutajourneyendedlongago
listentothemotionofthewindinthemountains
maybeyoucanhearthemtalkinglikeIdo
"..they'regonnabetray you,they'regonnaforgetyou
areyougonnaletthemtakeyouoverthatway.."

GreatSouthernLand,GreatSouthernLand
youwalkalone,likeaprimitiveman
andtheymakeitwork,withsticksandbones
seetheirhungryeyes,itsahungryhome

Ihearthesoundofthestranger'svoices

Iseetheirhungryeyes,theirhungryeyes
GreatSouthernLand,GreatSouthernLand
theyburnedyoublack,blackagainsttheground

Standingatthelimitofanendlessocean
strandedlikearunaway,lostatsea
cityonarainydaydownintheharbour
watchingasthegreycloudsshadowthebay
lookingeverywhere'causeIhadtofindyou
thisisnotthewaythatirememberithere
anyonewilltellyouitsaprisonerisland
hiddeninthesummerforamillionyears

GreatSouthernLand,inthesleepingsun
youwalkalonewiththeghostoftime
theyburnedyoublack,blackagainsttheground
andtheymakeitworkwithrocksandsand

Ihearthesoundofthestanger'svoices
Iseetheirhungryeyes,theirhungryeyes
GreatSouthernLand,GreatSouthernLand
youwalkalone,likeaprimitiveman
youwalkalonewiththeghostoftime
andtheyburnedyoublack
yeah,theyburnedyoublack
GreatSouthernLand

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