If Only The Killing Would Stop (Bolero version) Lyrics

If only the killing would stop

If mankind could walk a new path

If only the killing would stop

Give laughter and love a fresh chance

The dead now have landed at last

Where pain has lost his firm grasp

But the river of grief stays in flood

Swollen with time out of mind

I knew him when he was alive

I waved him farewell to the front

I hear that he cried when he died

For those he had treasured and loved

But the wind of the years blows uncertain

The sun wakes to terrible chores

His comrades are fighting without him

And nobody knows for whose wars

If only the killing would stop

If mankind could find a new path

If only the killing would stop

Give laughter and love a fresh chance