How long will we wait?
How much hope will we waste
Before we see that a heart of fear breeds a heart of hate?
How many bombs must we build?
How many soldiers must be killed
Before we cry out that no more blood need be spilled?
The road is long and I’m weary
I can’t carry all this on my back
It’s my conscience under attack
‘Cause I bought a truth
With an agenda
And without fact
I have changed ‘cause I’ve just killed a man
Extinguished life with my bare hands
And left him lying in the desert sand
But he had a mother
And was a son
Just as I am
How many churches must crumble?
How many mosques must burn?
How many lives must be lost before we learn?
How many children must we orphan?
How many sons must we send to war?
For any cause worth dying is not worth killing for.
Eternal life.
