Lightning Wars
The Lightning Wars
You can hear the trumpets sound,
Feel the rumbling of the ground,
Horse and chariot drawing nigh,
Shaking land and clouding sky.
As the cannons start to fire louder,
Showing us their awesome power,
We have time to wait no more.
Brace yourselves; we've gone to war.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
Widows and orphans can only cry,
Sword and arrows slaying more,
But that's the only way with war.
Countless hundreds do not stir,
All now slain by a heartless cur,
"All expendable," states the glorious general,
(May he burn in Hell eternal),
As he starts the new empire,
It will be his til he expires.
The battle was for land alone.
Hundreds died, defending their home.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
Homage now to all who died.
Pick and Axe will build the town,
Five hundred years will bring it down.
Five centuries have now gone by,
The city's wealth soaring high,
Gold is piling broad and tall,
But a greedy neighbor wants it all.
History now repeats itself,
How sad! At the whim of a foolish cad,
Hear it sound, the brazen alarm?
Time again to take up arms.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
While we can only wonder why,
Guns and bullets killing men,
I can't believe we've done it again.
Now the smoke begins to fade,
As through the rubble begin to wade,
The sole survivors, just a few,
Whose only thoughts are to take their due,
Thousands died for shining gold,
Their life now over before they're old,
And impartial time keeps moving by.
Farwell men, we can only cry.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
And the decades still keep passing by.
War couldn't wait, so it wasn't long
Before we made the Atom Bomb.
A foolish squabble started the last,
And our leaders said, "We'll make it fast.
Let's kill them all in one great sweep,
Their lives gone, but money to keep!"
The big red button got it's turn,
And we threw away our final chance to learn,
Now, not another tear to be cried.
The bomb has dropped, the Earth has died.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
Never again for a human's eyes.
That is all, my story's done.
The reign of man has come and gone.
You can hear the trumpets sound,
Feel the rumbling of the ground,
Horse and chariot drawing nigh,
Shaking land and clouding sky.
As the cannons start to fire louder,
Showing us their awesome power,
We have time to wait no more.
Brace yourselves; we've gone to war.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
Widows and orphans can only cry,
Sword and arrows slaying more,
But that's the only way with war.
Countless hundreds do not stir,
All now slain by a heartless cur,
"All expendable," states the glorious general,
(May he burn in Hell eternal),
As he starts the new empire,
It will be his til he expires.
The battle was for land alone.
Hundreds died, defending their home.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
Homage now to all who died.
Pick and Axe will build the town,
Five hundred years will bring it down.
Five centuries have now gone by,
The city's wealth soaring high,
Gold is piling broad and tall,
But a greedy neighbor wants it all.
History now repeats itself,
How sad! At the whim of a foolish cad,
Hear it sound, the brazen alarm?
Time again to take up arms.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
While we can only wonder why,
Guns and bullets killing men,
I can't believe we've done it again.
Now the smoke begins to fade,
As through the rubble begin to wade,
The sole survivors, just a few,
Whose only thoughts are to take their due,
Thousands died for shining gold,
Their life now over before they're old,
And impartial time keeps moving by.
Farwell men, we can only cry.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
And the decades still keep passing by.
War couldn't wait, so it wasn't long
Before we made the Atom Bomb.
A foolish squabble started the last,
And our leaders said, "We'll make it fast.
Let's kill them all in one great sweep,
Their lives gone, but money to keep!"
The big red button got it's turn,
And we threw away our final chance to learn,
Now, not another tear to be cried.
The bomb has dropped, the Earth has died.
Lightning courses 'cross the sky,
Never again for a human's eyes.
That is all, my story's done.
The reign of man has come and gone.