"The Impersonal Land" genre: Rock
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	My take on the state of the world.
	CD: A Sword And A Flower   Label: Nuance Records Credits: Music & lyrics by Naomi Vondell. Lead vocals: Naomi Vondell. Backup vocals: Lesley Young & Dave King. Lead, rhythm & backup guitars: Gary Black. Percussion: Evan Dales. Arrangement: Evan Dales.
	Story Behind the Song I wrote this song when the government did something stupid - and I started thinking about abuse of power, about how the scum rises to the top and trashes our world. It frustrates and amazes me that we've evolved so far and yet we can still be so short-sighted about the environment - the one on the planet, and the interpersonal one we create for ourselves. For anyone that lives in Ontario, Canada, you'll know what I mean when I say this was the Harris government era. This song is featured in the Acheron Film 2002 release, "Bikini Party Massacre". Lyrics Been a hundred million years of climbing And we're pushing on and the beacon's shining And we're clinging to the rocks they're kicking down And we find the same old demons hanging around Survival of the most destructive Everyone screams of the master plan they've found Little girl cries in a secret corner While the lords of her free land just sit around And the lessons fade Under the crowd's cold gaze And the bloody hand Draws a line in the sand The time has come to make a stand Speak your heart in the impersonal land We're living in a world of wonder Take our voices across the sea like thunder Where the call of the whale is lost in the waves And the cry of the tiger rises and fades Survival of the master races Fools rushing in with twisted faces Can we speak with an open hand Over the open wound of a conquered land And the heart of a child Is tossed to the wild And the upper hand Takes whatever's left of the land The time has come to make a stand Speak your heart in the impersonal land

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