Machine Gun Eyes

Dead bodies and machine gun eyes
I think they believe the lies
That they are fed
And when they lie in bed
They must stop the truth from reaching them
And life must be teaching them
How to bear the weight they’ve been gifted
I sweat in my jumper that’s been thrifted
From some nearby store
And I just wanted to change it more
But how do you compete with belief
And you just feel relief
When it falls away from you
It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what to do
What matters is that you’re wiling to be led
Not blind opposition to what’s being said
And I watch Ben Gvir shout his refrain
Does he even know the pain
He’s in and so inflicts
They say that some day wars will be fought with sticks
After we’ve destroyed ourselves
Why do you put them in cells
If they are brother and sister tide
Please leave the Palestinians alive
You’ve done enough
And, God knows, it wasn’t out of love
It was to feed that old demon
That’s always dreaming
He will rule the world
And what does it matter what says this girl
Who is just a child of Irish rain
And our own kind of particular pain
As we live on the land
Our ancestors once couldn’t understand
As it was stolen from beneath them
Until someone bequeath them
Their own patch of ground
And do you hear the sound
Of the child cry
Why must I be the one to let her die?

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