Runrig - Protect And Survive video free download


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Uploaded: 2008/03/21

From the 'Cutter & The Clan' album - 1987. Now with better sound than my previous upload.

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The red hot sun burns up the hill

The winter's bride, the summer's king

I tramp these acres and I feel

Once upon a time

Then it seemed that everything

You saw and touched and felt was real

You turned the tap and you turned the wheel

Breathing free

Once in a lifetime

You live and love

Once in a lifetime

You die

Once in a moment

The sun goes down

Protect and survive

Now you search the open evening skies

Trace the memory in your eyes

For the prophet's hard rain and the deluge

Lie in tears around your door

Once there were trees and livestock here

A mother's love, the warnings clear

But you chose to turn away from fear

Breathing free

(Chorus)

Protect and survive

Protect and survive

Now there's a faceless cross on a distant hill

A wasted voice, a silent scream

Where the lovers love and the dreamers dream

You stand and dream alone

You took your sacrifice to the gods of war

Traded your children's lives for a mess of gold

And you beat your ploughshares into swords

Breathing free

(Chorus)

Comments

8 years ago

Fergus Martin

Runrig - Protect and Survive.There are two politicians in this band. Most Scots will know that the lead singer Donnie Munroe is a Labour politician. The provenance of the other may be less well-known. Keyboard player Pete Wishart was with Runrig for 15 years, during which time he stood and won a seat in Parliament. Shortly before he left the band for Westminster, he became the first politician to appear on the Top of The Pops music programme. He has been member of Parliament for Perth and Kinross since 2005. My local MP!

9 years ago

Arno G.

It's a song about the destruction of nature and the destruction of ourselves

10 years ago

Joan Cumming

I like this band - BECAUSE they are Scottish!

11 years ago

Margaret Davidson

Why on earth would you say 'because they come from Scotland' !! There are a lot of brilliant bands come from Scotland !

11 years ago

pkrMergy

McSpringsteen.. yes i saw them live when this album was originally released

11 years ago

Joanne-Lorraine Forsyth-Smith

Runrig - Protect And Survive.

11 years ago

Necrokvnt

if you genuinely think you should hate a band because they are Scottish then you are a compete moron

11 years ago

badlybruisedbob

cool song

11 years ago

Satyavati1

It's from a danish channel!! :D I'm from Denmark :D

12 years ago

lofthouse23

thanks to Youtube i went out and brought their greatest hits album which includes this song. I love this song now, guess playing it over and over and over and over helps.

12 years ago

Mario Ruvaz

Runrig - Protect And Survive

12 years ago

dubaibabe1

@tse8302 Briliant band!

13 years ago

zootsanchez

A far superior band without Munro bashing that tambourine.

13 years ago

MsChelle1988

1st heard this song wen they sung it at Stirling castle

13 years ago

usrunrigfan

@tse8302 Uh oh. You're hooked now. :) Only about 20 more to go and you'll have them all. :)

13 years ago

tse8302

just got my first runrig cd1

14 years ago

Mary Maiorano

We have to all thank Coutionor for bringing us the "gift" of THE BEST Runrig's videos. THANK YOU Coutionor!!!

14 years ago

Charlene Barbour

think this was the best album ever

14 years ago

Mark Dam

HAHA this video is from the old version of the danish broadcasting company DR1 (danmarks radio) Denmarks radio. You can see the logo at the top right corner :D proud to be danish!

14 years ago

Andreas Brummer

Great song, but I like Bruce Guthro better ;)

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