Killing Time

Killing Time - No Use For A Name

Not Knowing what he had got into

Only following the sheep

The message sent for his

Deployment at only twenty three

Promised to be there for a short time

His mother looks at photos passed

Down from a family tradition

Her head lies on her lap

I'll never be sure

Exactly what it means

To serve and protect

Us from enemies

They make sure we're scared

To justify this ugly bloody mess

It's less than your pride

It's suicide at best

The waiting fills her with delusion

And memories gone by

How could I give life to my

Baby and then let him go die

But with this joke administration

Where no one is exempt

It's not your fault and never will be

Don't hold love in contempt

I feel like I'm lost

Drowning out at sea

Surrounded by space

With no regard for sympathy

She sees the parade

Of victory and war that wasn't won

I'm not coming home

He's my only son

If an angel earns it's wings

Every time somebody dies

Then todays the angels black out the blue sky