Why don't we see what we're doing?

(Verse 1)

Time's ticking for the children of the damned

Water's trickling but this river turns to sand

Angelic faces smiling in their playground

Bang bang, you're dead, everyone fall down

(Chorus)

Why don't we see what we're doing?

Why can't we sense where we're going?

Time after time

In line after line

Somebody's kids are dying

(Verse 2)

Old alliances crumble in the dirt

Let me introduce you to this new world of hurt

A million faces crying on bomb-scorched earth

Next generations are doomed from birth

(Chorus)

Why don't we see what we're doing?

Why can't we sense where we're going?

Time after time

In line after line

Somebody's kids are dying

(Bridge)

Cut this cancer from us

Remove the noose so we can breathe

Give us light so we can see

Unchain our hearts to set them free

(Chorus)

Why don't we see what we're doing?

Why can't we sense where we're going?

Time after time

In line after line

Somebody's kids are dying

(Verse 3)

Life's ebbing for the legions of the damned

History's pages surely won't be kind

Excessive greed masquerading as just cause

But jungles burn as a prelude to more wars

(Chorus)

Why don't we see what we're doing?

Why can't we sense where we're going?

Time after time

In line after line

Bullets reigning from the sky and

Somebody's kids are dying

(Outro)

Why don't we see what we're doing?

Why can't we sense where we're going?

(fade out)

Written by Simon Wright

(December 2019)

Timothy Reid has created some music to go with my lyrics. Details as follows:

Key: G Tempo: 80BPM Structure (Follows the same pattern as your lyrics with some extra instrumental breaks) Verse 1 0:05 - 0:29 Chorus 0:29 - 0:53 Instrumental 0:53 - 1:05 Verse 2 1:05 - 1:29 Chorus 1:29 - 1:53 Instrumental 1:53 - 2:00 Bridge 2:00 - 2:23 Chorus 2:23 - 2:47 Verse 3 2:47 - 3:11 Chorus 3:11 - 3:35 Outro 3:35 - END

Additional Information

Genre Rock BPM 80.0

Collaboration started December 29, 2019 by SimonW
Last upload 1yr+9mo ago

Initial Copyright Statement:

Copyright © 2019 by SimonW, All Rights Reserved.
Effective on Dec 29, 2019

Copyright Sharing Statement:

SimonW has declared the following Composition and Sound Recording copyright intentions for this collaboration, when completed: