Echo of Nothing (Audiotree Live version)

It's their desperation, the risk they take

To flee the terror of a failing state

Endanger life for just a little taste

Of freedom, relief, and a sense of place

Militias stalking the coasts for blood

Indenturing captives in the desert sun

Traversing the open sea

To feel the sand's opportunity

All quiet on the western front

While they cry for help in the eastern mud

Refusing the calls to deliver aid

Because the waiving flag is a different shade

Suffering in silence

Suffering within

They break their spirit

Break their fucking will

Held between no man's land

Prisoners divide kin from kin

All quiet on the western front

While they cry for help in the eastern mud

Refusing the calls to deliver aid

Because the waiving flag is a different shade

When the well dries up

The bread has turned to crumbs

They'll look down at the street

And use the stones to speak

Every window deserves a brick