Children Of A Lesser God By SHOAHMay 25, 2011Politics NOVANEWS What did I ever do to you? Did I ever bring danger to your home, What injustices old or new? What did I ever do or say- That could possibly justify the things You are doing to me this day? Right now they’re only whispers of wonder But tomorrow they’ll rage like the thunder. What did we ever do to you- Are we children of a lesser god Not as shiny and not as new? What did we ever do or say That could possibly justify the things You are doing to us this day? And yet through all this madness you wonder Why our outrage is rising like thunder… When all we want is just to live In the peace we’ve always needed And not stare in the face of death As the conquered and defeated As children of a lesser god We are sacrificed and slaughtered And not allowed to shed a tear As we bury sons and daughters… What is it we have to do- To make a blind world understand That we bleed and daydream too? What is it we have to say- To make these madmen pack their things And abandon our homes today? Our children cry loud as the thunder As day by day their lives are torn asunder… When all we want is just to live In the peace we’ve always needed… And not stare in the face of death As the conquered and defeated… As children of a lesser god We are sacrificed and slaughtered And not allowed to grieve and weep As we bury sons and daughters What is it that must be said- To make these madmen understand All the evil that’s in their heads? What is it that must be done- To make them heed his final words As He entered Jerusalem? And still through the desert we wander We beg and we plead and we ponder We hope and we cry and we wonder Will we ever live days free of thunder? All we want is just to live In the peace we’ve always needed… And not stare in the face of death As the conquered and defeated As children of a lesser god We are sacrificed and slaughtered And not allowed to raise a fist To defend our sons and daughters. All we want is just to live… All we want is just to live… We children of a lesser god… © 2010 Mark Glenn
