Humanity

I called up to the mountain
Between the river and the sea
But all the righteous people
Turned their backs on me
So they won’t see

I feel the hopes of young and old
Extinguished by the very hands of those
Who’ve suffered more than most
And so I light a candle
Just to try to keep a handle on this life
But there’s no light
Ooh
Don’t make me lose my faith in you 

Drones record the faces
Of the mothers as they weep
The decimated buildings
The tombs for children as they sleep
Now they sleep  

The humble lives of young and old
Extinguished by the hands of whom should know
They’ll reap what they have sown
And so I light a candle
To remind me of the simple maths of life
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Ooh,
And when these bullets finally cease
Amongst the victims, you will see
The remnants of humanity.