And you know, I've been the beggar, I've played the thief
I was the dog, they all tried to beat.
But it's been 14 years of silence
It's been 14 years of pain
It's been 14 years that are gone forever
And I'll never have again.
And you know, I've been the beggar, I've played the thief
I was the dog, they all tried to beat.
But it's been 14 years of silence
It's been 14 years of pain
It's been 14 years that are gone forever
And I'll never have again.
Just like children hidin' in a closet,
Can't tell what's goin' on outside
Sometimes we're so far off the beaten track.
Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before.
Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before.
Look at the shoes your filling
Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the world we're killing
The way we've always done before.
Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the lies we've swallowed
And I don't want to hear no more.
My hands are tied
For all I've seen has changed my mind
But still the wars go on as the years go by
With no love of God or human rights
'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
By bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who carry the cross of homicide
And history bears the scars of our civil wars.
And I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store.
Welcome to the jungle we take it day by day.
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price to pay.