Lay Down Your Arms Lyrics

Long ago

In a world as black as coal

When time dripped down like honey

Thick and good

Kingdoms of pain

In a land where chaos reigned

All forms of life shot down

Right where they stood

You and I

We could never speak the truth

Suffocated underneath the caul of youth

As bad for me

As I was bad for you

But I surely never meant to do you harm

Lay down your arms

And now, awake

To the sound that morning makes

Praying all new grafts to take

And mend the seams

Without a name

Hesitation, fear or shame

Penetrate the depths

To raise the sunken dream

You and I

We could never speak the truth

Suffocated underneath the caul of youth

So naïve

So easily seduced

By your block long smile, your superficial charms

You and I

We could never speak the truth

Suffocated underneath the caul of youth

Constantly

In search of concrete proof

Tired of grazing through your cemetery farms

Lay down your arms