shimon weinroth - Hope Less

ask me no questions
I'll tell you no lies
tell me no stories
no need for replies

about peace and demise
of death and reprisals
of hopes and unhappy
promises and agreements undone

tell of victories
that were never won
ma come and see
what they have done to us

pa they filled us
full of hate and revenge
now we are drunk
with anger and fear

the peace we sought
was never so near
ask me again
and I'll tell you what's dear

the air we breathe
the water we drink
the music we hear
the sun-up we see

why isn't there enough
for all of us to share,
they tell us the stories
do unto others

as you would to yourself
was it always a myth
sour and sorrow
or has it become

do it to others
before they do it to you
ask me no questions
I'll tello you no lies
of wherefore and whys

shimon weinroth

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