After catastrophic loss we long to flee
We want the arms of love to hold us still
But where can we take hate and leave it be?
The inner draw of death, its scenery
The orders of the proud, the human will
The catastrophic loss they long to see
The lovey,dovey, kisses will all flee
The new laws passed , they bless the right to kill
The hero crippled in the Great War bleeds
Burning Jews cremated mystery
Dresden was a graveyard, ghosts so still
Oh bleeding loss oh tanks , oh hanging tree
Integration, calculus of need
The atom bomb, the little toys that thrill
We long to sate our demons with God’s blood
Post traumatic agony, the bill
Triggers haunt the fingers in the till
After catastrophic loss we long to flee
Hatred split from love’s no victory
How my heart sings 