Concession Printed On My Back

Verse

Smoke rolls off the peat again

Nobody here is innocent

They signed the permits in a suit

Then handed us the matches

Pre-Chorus

Ash on the rice

Ash in the well

Who lit the first one

Nobody will tell

Chorus

Burn it down burn it down

Somebody profits from the ground

Burn it down burn it down

Point your finger at the town

Post-Chorus

Lie lie lie

Watch the palm oil rise

Lie lie lie

Watch the smoke fill the sky

Verse

Men in Jakarta shake my hand

Slap my back and clear the land

Farmers get the photograph

Ministers get the other half

Pre-Chorus

Coughing up the season

Children in the haze

Blame a poor man's lighter

Blame a farmer's blaze

Chorus

Burn it down burn it down

Somebody profits from the ground

Burn it down burn it down

Point your finger at the town

Post-Chorus

Lie lie lie

Watch the palm oil rise

Lie lie lie

Watch the smoke fill the sky

Breakdown

You want a villain

Here I am

You want a scapegoat

Here I am

Small hands

Small name

Big fire

Big shame

Bridge

Scorch the map

Scorch the map

Every year the same old trap

Concession printed on my back

Concession printed on my back

Chorus

Burn it down burn it down

Somebody profits from the ground

Burn it down burn it down

Point your finger at the town

Post-Chorus

Lie lie lie

Watch the palm oil rise

Lie lie lie

Watch the smoke fill the sky