Nameless Children

All those nameless children

who perished by the sword

Who is even left to grieve them

anymore?

What will it take

for us to see?

What's being done to them

will be done to you and me

I don't know what

I'm supposed to do

I avert my eyes, but

I've not forgotten you

All you nameless, faceless children

I will let my heart be crushed for you

I'll let it in, the horrors of it all

I won't shut my eyes anymore

But I'm terrified of what I'm seeing

I have children of my own

I see your little bodies

all skin and bone

What will it take

for us to see?

Until everyone's safe

no-one is truly free

I don't know what anyone can do, but

I open my heart as wide as I can for you

All you nameless, faceless children

You blameless, homeless orphans

My soul is crushed with grief

Even to the point of death

The horrors of it all

Don't shut your eyes anymore

Lord, may we rise, may Caesars fall

What's inflicted on one

is inflicted on all

I don't know what one should believe, but

I know it's wrong to have to grieve

all you nameless, innocent children

The world is crushed with shame

to witness your demise

The horror of it all

Can't shut our eyes anymore