From Land of the Brave, Song 10 of 21
Blasted Hills (Broken Homes)
"Blasted Hills, Broken Homes" is a mournful protest against the destruction of land and community caused by industrial mining. It tells of a once-thriving place turned unrecognizable — poisoned streams, shattered homes, and deep emotional scars. With aching clarity, the song questions the cost of profit-driven progress, portraying a landscape and people forever altered by what can’t be undone.
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TIDALLyrics
Dynamite at morning light
Takes the ridge, steals the height
Mountains carved with careless hand
Just to mine what won't withstand
The stream ran sweet, now runs like oil
Black with grief from poisoned soil
Porch swings gone, the ground gave way
To cracks no roof can keep at bay
"Blasted hills, broken homes"
What we had
Now just stones
"Blasted hills, broken homes"
Left behind
Where green once shone
Dust coats every breath we take
Nothing grows, and rivers ache
They say it's work, they say it's life
But all it brings is silent strife
"Blasted hills, broken homes"
What we had
Now just stones
"Blasted hills, broken homes"
Left behind
Where green once shone
Mama’s grave on dusty land
Shakes each time the drills expand
We pray to stay, they pay to leave
And all that’s left is ghosts and grief
"Blasted hills, broken homes"
What we had
Now just stones
"Blasted hills, broken homes"
Left behind
Where green once shone
The earth remembers every scar
And wonders why we dug so far
- ISRC
- QZWFM2517328
- Released
- June 10, 2025
- Genre
- Folk Rock
- Written by
- Andreas Zanni
- Label
- JUMBO BLOCK MUSIC