Collateral Damage

The screaming chaos of the night
Echoes through your head
As you hit the pavement running
To escape becoming dead
A hard rain is falling
Drone fire lights the evening sky
Blast you back to the stone age
Say "hi" to Barney and Fred
Do do do do do do do

Come stand close to me
You might be my last friend
Our night may never end
Collateral damage is all they'll say
Do do do do do do do

I never get an answer
To questions that I ask
A good lie told many times
As good as truth at last
No one here gets out alive
There are no saving graces, death is a way of life
Picking up the pieces and pray for another day
Do do do do do do do

Come stand close to me
You might be my last friend
Our night may never end
Collateral damage is all they'll say
Do do do do do do do

How can we live each and every day
When the next breath you take might get droned away
How can we kill for a cause that we won't die for
What's not worth dying is not worth killing for

Come stand close to me
You might be my last friend
Our night may never end
Collateral damage is all they'll say
Do do do do do do do

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