My own reflection tells a story as the smoke begins to rise The river washes clean my dirty hands, drowns out my bitter cries Now it’s over, but for me The wars not over, can’t you see? It’s never over, this can’t be the world my father died for A far cry from life I remember The tender moments lost On this killing ground forever Forever Scarred cries of lives lost in embers The ashes lie untouched On this killing ground forever Forever Is there any grace in what they told us? Was it true? Would you take a bullet for a friend if he needed you? And now we see the world through disillusioned eyes An age-old fear of God, rekindled by new lies Now it’s over, but for me The war's not over, can’t you see? It’s never over, this can’t be This can’t be, this can’t be This can’t be the world my father died for A far cry from life I remember The tender moments lost On this killing ground forever Scarred cries of lives lost in embers The ashes lie untouched On this killing ground forever Is there any reason that the many trust the few? Can a faith all blind and binding hide that they lied to you? And can the God of all be waiting there to catch us when we fall? A promise made before the wound of war has failed us Now it’s over, but for me The war's not over, can’t you see? It’s never over, this can’t be This can’t be, this can’t be This can’t be the world my father died for A far cry from life I remember The tender moments lost On this killing ground forever Scarred cries of lives lost in embers The ashes lie untouched On this killing ground forever And now the echoes of the end are carved in stone The untamed hunger has outgrown us and shown us nothing All thoughts and actions stained by blood of those who died, and nothing gained Our hopes are ball and chained to those that died and lie before us Now it’s over, but for me The war's not over, can’t you see? It’s never over, this can’t be This can’t be, this can’t be This can’t be the world my father died for A far cry from life I remember The tender moments lost On this killing ground forever Scarred cries of lives lost in embers The ashes lie untouched On this killing ground forever