LYRIC FOR SALE

By Thorsten Gabriel

We are at war again
Playing the same old tune
Soldiers stand in rank and file
Armed ready worn out
Men and women barely grown
Shipped off with orders to kill
Trained for defense
Not to ask questions

Every human must die
It is written in the starlight
And in the lines of your palm
We are fools to wage war
Against brothers and sisters
Against children and families
And though they caused me pain
They never left me all alone

One day you will return home
To the farm the fields and the meadows
Years have passed
Your house lies in darkness
No more truths to tell
No more lies to bear
No teeth no eyes
Nothing left to see nothing left to chew

[Instrumental Rise]
[Strings swell]
[Brass soft in background]
[Percussion grows deeper]
[Chorus whispers from afar]

I wonder if humanity still lives
It took everything the Earth provided
And gave nothing in return
A billion tears shed
Without knowing why
Now the reign of man comes to an end
Fading into the eternal night

Through the darkness
Amidst the glimmer of distant stars
As near as yesterday
As far as eternity
One wonders if any life remains
In this year if humanity still lives

When God arrives
Should He make it here in time
He might look around and say
The day of judgment is at hand
He shakes his mighty head
Says I am content
Or tears everything down
And begins anew

Should humanity survive
It may perhaps come to realize
That from the ashes of its own destruction
A new life can emerge
A different life
A wiser life
If it dares to begin again