Rest In Peace

About Rest In Peace

"Rest in Peace" is the first single from Extreme's third studio album III Sides to Every Story. The single was released in 1992. Toward the end of the guitar solo, the main riff to Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" is played. The lyrics are targeted at those who banalize peace when "pretending our hearts are in the right place", or those whose "face shows a trace of hypocrisy". It is then suggested "we can't afford to say these words lightly", "or else our world will truly rest in peace".  more »

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Let's talk of peace,
Sounds so cliche
A novelty,
Catch phrase of the day
Middle, index,
Sign of the time
Just as complex,
As water to

Someone said
Give peace a chance
And, that's all that we're saying
While we're sitting
On the fence
Pretending,
Our hearts are in the right place
But, your face
Shows a trace of

Hypocrisy,
Don't tread on me,
Now you can see

Make love not war,
Sounds so absurd, to me
We can't afford
To say these words, lightly
Or else our world
Will truly, rest in peace

Let's not pretend,
To justify
Rather amend,
Where treasures lie
Straight through the heart,
Peace can be found
That's where you start,
Not all around

Someone said
Give peace a chance
And, that's all that we're saying
While we're sitting
On the fence
Pretending,
Our hearts are in the right place
But, your face
Shows a trace of

Hypocrisy,
Don't tread on me, boy
Now you can see

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Extreme

Extreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. more »

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