Hollow Head Empty Mind
Hollow head, Empty mind,
You fight a war that isn�t right,
You fight for something you know nothing about,
Is it a Holy war, or is it a fight,
You claim to be on the side of Just,
God would turn his back to you,
You take his name in vain,
You cause bloodshed under his banner,
You have him wrong, you haven�t read the signs,
You are missing the plan of the master divine.
You spit in his face, you mock his creation,
When you kill in his name.
You are burning the garden of Eden,
You are killing human kindness,
You are robbing people of love and hope,
With your Holy War for what you think is right,
Why can�t you see,
Why must you fight,
The pacifist is the only one who is right,
The majorities silent screams are deafening,
But fade under your battle cries,
You cause the darkness, you kill the light,
You taint the new with your crooked sight,
How can you teach what you do not know,
A new generation of warriors to take your place,
The war goes on, for the human race,
You fight for the past,
For a time long gone,
You are left over, everyone else has moved on,
You want to avenge defeat before you were born,
By killing the future,
A battle past rages on,
But just with you,
Everyone else is years ahead, life goes on,
I�ve heard it said,
You are trapped in a past that is not yours,
Fighting a war before your time,
You fight for a cause long since dead,
A cause which lives only inside your head,
You think it is right, to battle on,
With your guns and your bombs,
For someone else life will not go on,
A random target, who isn�t to blame.
Blind hate and vengeance consumes your head,
So that is why others must die,
You are dead from inside, your emotions are numb,
I pity you for you cannot see,
The hand of friendship that you spit upon.
Have you no conscience,
Have you no shame,
You have no morals,
Can�t you see the mourning and grieving,
The fear which stalks the streets,
The lives your ruin with your blind, unfounded hate,
You are filling the ground with the innocent,
Painting the cities with the blood of the pure,
Your soul is dead,
How can you do it,
How can you end a life, because he was different,
Who�s to say you are right,
On the day of Judgment what will you say,
�God this is what you wanted I did it your way�.
You are tainted you cannot see,
The mothers tears,
The fathers grief,
The sons� blood as it stains the streets,
As I sit and watch, I wonder,
Do you think of me when you fight,
Do you use my future as an excuse to make it right,
I do not want your help,
I do not wish to end his life,
He could be me, the next time,
I wash my hands of you, and all your kind,
My life goes on, if only for a little while.
My vision is fading, my body is limp,
My face is lifeless, I am not long for this world,
I see my blood as it forms a puddle,
The pain is immense, I feel the bullet deep in my chest,
The darkness is calling, I am leaving the light,
I never planned to die, not here or tonight,
I never fought, never cared about the war,
But someone else did, and now I�m gone,
Why was it me, I never did any harm,
Or was it where I was and the clothes I had on,
Whatever it was now I am numb and I know I must go,
Lying here looking up all alone,
My time has come, I feel myself slip from life,
As the paramedic rushes to my side,
I never cared, about the past I didn�t give a damn,
So this is my epitaph, this is my will,
Do not kill in my name,
No one should suffer,
No one but you,
Tell everyone I�ll miss them, after I�m gone.
As I lie in my last moments, my thoughts are of you,
The final thought which runs through my head is,
I hope you are happy,
Another enemy is dead.
I wonder about you,
Hollow head, empty mind.