Stormbirds drifting on a pool at rest

Then come waves they just can't crest

Once they're in the air it's a search for kill

Thinking if I don't do it someone else will

Till the war mandate's fulfilled



Whoa, Can you see

Can you see them flying

They look to be the same breed

But they can't stop fighting

Flying in the night under enemy sights

Looking for targets in a blind firefight

What's at the end of the road

For blackbirds -vs- crows?



Let's go down to the shipyard

Pick through the hulks for a while

See if we can find some kings and queens

Down there in the discard pile

They let their foes prevail,

They let their battlements break.

Children learn to keep your finger on the trigger,

Stay ready to make that big mistake



I think there's got to be more to this life than kill or be killed.