A search for common goal
But our different paths distracting
Forgot we're same in soul
For he was camped out on the moon
Self shuttled into space
Like nail on board he turned
My mind, he fell from grace
Blind eye I turned, he grated on
Common house brought man to man
Too often we crossed over
As only life foe can
Till I knew his deadly secret
And raffled out his game
His hands were on my woman
My lands fell to his name
My money in his pocket
My clothing cross his breast
My comrades to his battle
My own heart beat in his chest
Finally to foe I brought my weapon
Wreaked destruction in my path
Aware; different. Blind; the same
And ignorant of aftermath
Years of bloody fighting
And neither side could win
Early offenses not remembered
But I knew 'twas evil sin
Down to last man, were matched equal
And thrust sword to each man's chest
Convinced our battle over
Which man's way and method best
Then as each man lay down to his fate
Death words were spoken free
He cried out with his dying breath
Why did you crucify me?
In black he left me wondering
Different, or the same?
Now a wasteland lay behind us
In a fight to hold one name
My friends, my foes, my loves, my babes
All taken under sun
How can you forgive a foolish man
For all the ruin he has done?
Oh if only I had looked beyond
This bad feeling in my skin
Back to the place we both came from
To hold peace not death within.
