We ate our young and never blinked an eye

We carved the subway tunnels and prayed to snipers in the sky

We practiced medicine without knowing how to heal

We killed ourselves in dreams a thousand times, always believing it was real

We gave birth silently to jargon, metal, smoke

And mirrors that we kissed until they clouded up and broke

We fed a starving child with an apple's knowing taste

Denying 'til her dying tears the poison with which it had been laced



So father kill your daughter

Mother kill your son

Swallow up the universe

'Til all the killing's done

It happens when you slumber

It happens unaware

Out of every human eye

A hundred generations stare



If you lose your eyes you will see

And if you lose your faith you will believe

If you lose your blood no more will you bleed

And if you lose all your desires, nevermore will you need

If you lose you light you will glow

And if you lose your mind you will know

If you lose your youth no more will you grow

And if you learn to stand your ground, there'll be nowhere left to go



Come here to mend

What's come before will come again