Capercaillie - Beautiful Wasteland lyrics

It rarely makes the news today The place where I was born They called it a wasteland A wilderness gone wrong Where the twisted trees have fallen The branches stripped and bare In the silence of the night time Innocence is here Beautiful wasteland is me Beautiful wasteland is me If only you'll see, you'll believe I embraced my father's warnings And studied in your schools To justify your theories And convoluted rules Travelled to the corners Where everybody knows My country's been wearing The emperor's clothes Beautiful wasteland is me Beautiful wasteland is me I'll take you there To the bracken slopes When the summer's rolling in I'll take you there I'm lying by the ocean Her western breeze is still She's the heart of all seasons A mother to my soul When the century is over And the shipping days are done Like a child for the first time I'll lie here again Beautiful wasteland is me... If only you'll see, you'll believe...