Standard (EADGBE)

I can’t believe we stand aside and watch these people cry

 Shedding crocodile tears saying we can’t interfere this time.

Standing for their rights became their daily suicide

But getting blown away by the tyrant of the day are we blind

Your conscience is clear, there’s no threat round here

Keep on spreading the fear and the lies

The television sears my eyes

Their only mission was sacrifice

With your permission they might make it out alive

You should have listened

Yeah you should have listened last time

Now you sit alone and watch their families cry

Trying to understand why they’ve fallen in a land far away

I know the time will come and for your crimes you’ll pay

You never once delivered, my soul begins to shiver at your name

They’re caught in the crossfire

Never thought they would die there

As the light in their eyes starts to fade

The television sears my eyes

Their only mission was sacrifice

With your permission they might make it out alive

You should have listened

Yeah you need to listen

You need to listen, this time

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 This time