A silence falls over us, as the night wears on
With fleeting images and empty thoughts
Another inch is covered...
Another body left behind, rots.
And then another scream resounds
Perhaps a father lost a son
Another body writhes in pain
As we wait for another dawn.
Who has won this war today?
Up in the horizon dawn breaks out
Home is still far away.
I move on, inching forward...trying to crawl
And then the bullets pierce into me
Engulfed in screaming silence, I fall.
Just another soldier has died
A few drops of oil have changed hands
Somewhere a grieving mother has cried.
Perhaps we need to realise
This life is as precious to me as to you
Then why do we kill to survive?
