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March of the Fallen Matches

Ask questions later, answer the cries.

The echo of teardrops from a thousand good-byes.

I've seen the world passing me by

and I've seen the wake of untimely demise.

 

Step this way soldier to become a man

Out of the open flame and into the pan.

You're born on the fourth, born just to die.

Beware Johnny War-Boy there's a storm on the rise.

 

The dark side of freedom is measured in regret.

White-wash a memory now we're taught to forget.

They come 'round the table with labels in line.

Come if you're able with hope on the side.

 

Pacifist practice tends to fall by

a kiss on the cheek and a wink of the eye.

Strikes like a match, struck like a chord.

Scissors beats paper but the pen beats the sword.

 

The shove off the wall was the fall heard by all but the call

of the king's men couldn't mend them.

The blood on the hands of the clock can be washed but the hands

of the hangman remain stained and

the ticking of time-slot life-lines counted down...counted down

to the time of the rise of these hypocrites.

Hairs crossed like fingers from the fear of the misunderstood.

Lovers...seek out...shelter.

 

The burning itch...of a candle which...is polar wicked

Begins to twist intentions from both ends.

So quick to chose the shortest fuse,

When different views are misused to prove who is right.

The claim of faith of Holy Wraith

is all erased when patience is out-weighed by debate.

A war of stone in a stained-glass home

When blame is thrown the claim of faith's as brittle as bone.

 

The market's a target for the fundraiser fight.

Mothers and children and fathers alike.

Red runs the moon with a sack-cloth-black sun

Red *** in the spoon for the soup to be done.

Red *** in the spoon when we're done, when we're done.

Red *** coming soon and we're done.

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Written by
danny-r-lopez
American
Published
Sep 20, 2010
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Notes

Lyrics to another song i wrote. Anti-war driven piece with a waltz-like marching beat.

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