No one wins in war

No one wins in a war... there's so much loss on every side;

Yet, time and time, again; we see it:  fueled on by great pride

The powerfully hungry leaders, with so much disregard for peace

Send out their clueless soldiers to be instruments of tragedy

Oh no one wins in war.... how long will it take to  see

That this  awful tool of hatred is a ticket to tragedy

Must we forget it all too quickly  those pains of yesterday

When  soldiers, once sent to battle, came back in a lifeless way

Day after day we  see it:  the news across the screen

Each side is blaming the other: for the outrage that is seen

Innocent peoples and children  being carried away by death

Countless bombs   exploding... it's so hard to catch our breath

Oh no one wins in war.... how long will it take to  see

That this  awful tool of hatred is a ticket to tragedy

Must we forget it all too quickly  those pains of yesterday

When  soldiers, once sent to battle, came back in a lifeless way

The endless lines of homeless,  fleeing across the land

The aged and the barely crawling ...can we fully understand?

That what we're  seeing is heartbreak and helplessness so great

Will they reach their destination or will their fleeing be too late?

Oh no one wins in war.... how long will it take to  see

That this  awful tool of hatred is a ticket to tragedy

Must we forget it all too quickly  those pains of yesterday

When  soldiers, once sent to battle, came back in a lifeless way

It isn't the tiny foot soldier, who's  responsible for  this war

But these are the broken ones returning lifeless in the morgue

Instead of being the noble and heroic and putting their ego aside

Leaders, of  warring countries, keep on fuelling the fight with pride

Oh no one wins in war.... how long will it take to  see

That this  awful tool of hatred is a ticket to tragedy

Must we forget it all too quickly  those pains of yesterday

When  soldiers, once sent to battle, came back in a lifeless way

Let's pray for this world so broken, so full of hate and greed:

That  we cannot set aside our differences and tend to the other's need;

That we cannot slow down enough to hear  the opposite party's plea?

It isn't so hard to crush it: our own egos..Let's try and see...

Oh no one wins in war.... how long will it take to  see

That this  awful tool of hatred is a ticket to tragedy

Must we forget it all too quickly  those pains of yesterday

When  soldiers, once sent to battle, came back in a lifeless way