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Heart of a Nation is the title track and first single from the third Columbia Mills album.
The track documents the housing crisis in Ireland, with each verse tackling a different aspect of the problem.
From a mother sleeping with her children in a Garda station to the crooked businessmen and politicians that have caused the housing crisis in Ireland.
Heart of a Nation peels back the political rhetoric and looks at the real people affected when the ruling class looks out for themselves.
lyrics
A mother in a hotel
Raising her kids
They're not on holiday
How did it end up this way?
Sleeping in a Garda station
Watching her kids as they're led away
She calls out to say
Ill be there for you
If you're there for me too
Make sure you look after each other
And take care of your sister and brother
Sleeping in a Garda station
Living at the heart of a first world nation
A business man looking for planning permission
He wants to build a Hotel and run us out of our homes
He can't do it alone
Hes gets there with another Irish tradition
A brown envelope to the man thats on the throne
With a letter that he wrote
Ill be there for you
If you're there for me too
We can look after each other
Just like sister and brother
We'll never see a Garda station
Living your life at the Heart of a Nation
Fianna Fail Fine Gail
Fianna fucking all the same
A sociopath never cries
We hanged ourselves for a lullaby
Fianna Fail Fine Gail
Fianna fucking all the same
Fill your pockets while you can
Give yourselves a raise again
A daughter in a doorway
Bloodshot eyes and head full of history
A lifetime of misery
She shivers as the methadone subsides
A car pulls up and a voice fills the night
From the passenger side
Ill be there for you
If you're there for me too
We can look after each other
Just like two young lovers
Sleeping in Connolly Station
Living your life at the Heart of a Nation
Ill be there for you
If you're there for me too
We can look after each other
Just like sister and brother
Sleeping in a Garda station
Living at the heart of a first world nation
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