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It's Our Time

by Peter V. Boyd (1978, 2009)


    You saw me once – You said you knew
    This passing face – in this passing crowd
    It meant something – that filled your heart
    With a burning rage – You swore one day
    you'd see me die

    You question me – all through the night
    Are you a red? – Are you a white?
    Wearing the Green? – Or an Orangeman?
    Is your cap blue? – Or is it gray?
    'til I fade away

    You line us up – Against the wall
    You scream contempt – and watch us die
    The young – The old
    The boys – The girls
    All equally so we can share
    your perfect world

    Bleached in deserts – Froze on ice
    Torn by bombs – Left to starve
    Called devils, rebels, dirt or dogs
    Shouting slogans – Clinging tight
    For one more fight

    Two hundred years ago you cry
    My ancestors – sent yours to die
    You burn my house – and throw me in
    I swear that – for a thousand years
    you'll be repaid

    And we're reborn – and taught the tale
    We will survive – and you will fail
    We'll drag you down and make you crawl
    For you are evil. We are good
    It's our time

    A hundred years ago I say
    Your ancestors – swept mine away
    but it's my time – We're here to stay
    We've won the day – We'll make you crawl
    It's our time!

    Gods of Mercy – Gods of Life
    You lure me into war and strife
    I do my best to do your will
    I say my prayers
    Load up our weapons
    Invade and kill

    Gods of the Sun, the Moon and Earth
    Does human life have any worth?
    The newest armies take the lands
    For gold or oil
    under rocks or sand
    in your Holy Plan

    I see the blood upon my hands
    Mud on my shoes from foreign lands
    I wash in springs, in rain and seas
    I pray for peace
    in your eternal hands
    but never see

    I'm reborn and taught the tales
    How we'll survive and they will fail
    I'll drag them down and make them crawl
    They all are evil, I am Blessed
    It's our time!





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