W.A.R. (We Are Right)
There's a war raging around me.
I cry "Stop! What's the point of this?"
I'm running against them
Trying to make the fighting cease..
I'm yelling until my throat hurts.
Tell me someone's listening.
Let's not do this anymore.
Stand there and stare with disbelief.
I've put myself in the middle.
All my words are just screams.
No different than the furious sounds,
I've joined in with all the profanity.
How do I drag myself out?
What made me think I was better than this?
Kneel me to the ground.
I was taught better than to trespass.
Before me you now stand,
Dead quiet against the storm.
How can your silence be so strong?
Why can't my point be like yours?
Try to lift me into your arms.
Arms that hold me secure.
I struggle more to make you understand.
Let me go be the usual warrior.
Tighter I'm restrained.
Can't you see I'm not the danger?
Whispers in my head over the noise,
You try to calm my blind fear.
I can't do this on my own.
You begin to lead, now guiding.
Like a child I watch, as without a word
You quiet the war raging inside me.
©Krystal Hicks 2002
There's a war raging around me.
I cry "Stop! What's the point of this?"
I'm running against them
Trying to make the fighting cease..
I'm yelling until my throat hurts.
Tell me someone's listening.
Let's not do this anymore.
Stand there and stare with disbelief.
I've put myself in the middle.
All my words are just screams.
No different than the furious sounds,
I've joined in with all the profanity.
How do I drag myself out?
What made me think I was better than this?
Kneel me to the ground.
I was taught better than to trespass.
Before me you now stand,
Dead quiet against the storm.
How can your silence be so strong?
Why can't my point be like yours?
Try to lift me into your arms.
Arms that hold me secure.
I struggle more to make you understand.
Let me go be the usual warrior.
Tighter I'm restrained.
Can't you see I'm not the danger?
Whispers in my head over the noise,
You try to calm my blind fear.
I can't do this on my own.
You begin to lead, now guiding.
Like a child I watch, as without a word
You quiet the war raging inside me.
©Krystal Hicks 2002