All Our Sins

I speak from a place

Where some talk of signs

Tired superstitions

To drown out the wise

Dark clouds have gathered

To block out the Sun

All of our sins

To judge us in turn

Mothers and daughters

Fathers and sons

Would any be counted

To take up the cause

If we can't imagine

That the hour is near

Then all of our sins

Won’t fade with the tears

Do you hear the drums

Of the warmonger's charge

Who feeds on the blood

Of our youngest and brave

Throw oil on the fires

Turn friend against friend

All of our sins

Consume us in flame

I hope you know

I hope you can see

The march is beginning

All over again

Will we ever learn

Will we ever know peace

Before all of our sins

Drag us to the deep

Can you not see them

There's blood on their hands

They rape and they murder

For pleasure and gain

The harbinger comes

In blazes of gold

With fear and destruction

A haven for none

What would it take

To force us to act

Before visions have faded

And hope is worn out

Would we strive to be better

Could we learn from the past

For all of our sins

Atonement at last

For the sake of our conscience

For the sake of our souls

To never more suffer

Peace without end

Or will we pass silent

Into the great night

When all of our sins

Will lie with the dust

Tell me their names

Tell me their names

Look into their eyes

And what do you see

Do you see their pain

And look blindly away

Do you hear their voices

Do you hear their screams

And do you not suffer

Do you know no shame

All those around you

Would banish you away

I hope that their cries

Haunt you till the end

All of your sins

You can’t wash away

For the sake of our conscience

For the sake of our souls

To never more suffer

Peace without end

Or will be pass silent

Into the great night

When all of our sins

Will lie with the dust

For the sake of our conscience

For the sake of our souls

To never more suffer

Peace without end