Xtc - Human Alchemy Lyrics
An alchemy, human alchemyWe stole them from their freedom to be soldTo turn their skins of black into the skinsOf brightest goldAn alchemy , human alchemyWe stoked the fires of trade with human coalsAnd made our purses from the flailed skins ofPurest soulsAn alchemy , human alchemyOther lands became a larder full of all the good thingsAll we had to do was go and takeBlood the colour rain that grew our wicked harvestBlack the colour icing on our cakeAn alchemy , human alchemyWe stole their babes and mothers, chiefs and bravesAlthough we held the whip, you knew we wereThe real slavesTo alchemy , human alchemyAlchemy , human alchemy