Still Spinning Shrapnel

<br>All I hear are peace talks and battle cries.<br><br>Everyone`s losing - nobody`s winning,<br>So run for your lives when the shrapnel`s spinning.<br><br>Pictures of the crippled - wounded on the frontline<br>Someone else`s problem - you`re sitting on a landmine.<br>When will we see reason? Sometimes I think we`ll never<br>Learn that children have the right to laugh - and dying is forever<br><br>All I hear are peace talks and battle cries.<br><br>No time for laughter - we`re too busy dying,<br>In this `Devil`s Playground` - bullets are flying.<br><br>There`s another star in heaven - and footprints on the moon<br>So ignore the reign of terror - the bloody red monsoon.<br>Neighbour fighting neighbour - oh see how quick they run<br>To tear down the white flag and pick up the gun.<br><br>Peace talks and battle cries - apathy can kill<br>Put a price on human life - pay `the butcher`s bill`.<br>Everybody`s losing - nobody`s winning,<br>Run for your lives when the shrapnel`s spinning.<br><br>Hear my prayer from the Valley of the Shadow -<br>For a child in an unmarked grave.<br>Take my hand in the hour of darkness -<br>While there`s someone left to save.<br><br>But you can`t hear me - all you can hear are...<br><br>Peace talks and battle cries - apathy can kill,<br>Put a price on human life - pay `the butcher`s bill`.<br>No time for laughter - we`re too busy dying,<br>In this `Devil`s Playground` where bullets are flying.<br><br>I think about the children who have no hopes or homes,<br>Born into a battlfield - war`s all they`ve ever known.<br>Neighbour loving neighbour - will that day ever come<br>When we shake hands in friendship and survey the damage done.<br><br>All I hear are peace talks and battle cries.<br><br>Everyone`s losing - nobody`s winning,<br>So run for your lives when the shrapnel`s spinning.<br><br>Hear my prayer from the Valley of the Shadow -<br>For a child in an unmarked grave.<br>Take my hand in the hour of darkness -<br>While there`s someone left to save.<br><br>Why won`t you help me?<br>Why can`t you hear me?