Guns In The Distance

80 died in a foreign place

Twenty-two in a bombed foyer, there's

Bloody hands can you wash these stains?

For the times can we stop this rage

What's the truth get indoctrinated

No money no doctors for patients

Always money for bombs and the payslips

And the bullets, they keep you enslaved

Mother won't get to kiss her child

Father won't get to see her smile

Little hands can you hold on tight

You saw death, now it's in her eyes

I don't want to see you misplaced

What the hell are we doing to change things

Politician, can you see this pain?

Because I can hear guns in the distance

And why don't they listen?

When a mother cries for her children

I can hear guns in the distance

And why don't they listen?

When a mother cries for her children

Ninety-five in a boat found drowned

Twenty-six from a soldier's gun, there's

Too many kids, many open coffins

Tell me how all these wars been sponsored?

Getting rich tell me who gets paid?

Little boy on the morning page

Do we mourn, do we learn his name?

Another lost in the pouring rain

Do we try, do we try, do we fall back

Little girl getting cold by the food bank

Another estate gets sold for a new plan

Wonder awake and hope for the future

See who gets mentioned as your minute's silence ticks by

Tell me who gets sentenced as they commit violence its state signed

Old greedy men send boys time again out to the front line

Who's a tyrant here? Who's the terrorist? I'm seeing blurred lines

If love is a kingdom, this is a prison that we're inside

Innocent child go

Because I can hear guns in the distance

And why don't they listen?

When a mother cries for her children

I can hear guns in the distance

And why don't they listen?

When a mother cries for her children

Better we run

Better we hide away, forever we fall

Burning the sky away and it'll never be yours

It'll never be yours again

And look what we've done

And look what we've left for them

Now look what we've done

Look what we've left for them

Now look what we've done

Look what we've left for them

Now look what we've done

Look what we've left for them

I can hear guns in the distance

And why don't they listen?

When a mother cries for her children

I can hear guns in the distance

And why don't they listen?

When a mother cries for her children

A mother cries for her children