A Song for the Dead
(Verse 1)
Many young men, now they’re gone,
In the name of what? What war is won?
Fields of fire, bodies lost,
Hell on earth—at what cost?
(Pre-Chorus)
Cities burn, the children cry,
Echoes rise into the sky.
Scattered souls in a devil’s land,
Praying hard with trembling hands.
(Chorus)
Shall we talk? Look what we’ve done.
Lucifer got inside us, holding the gun.
Can we try—just once—to feel?
A human touch, something real.
(Verse 2)
You say it’s yours, you call it fate,
But was it you who stole, or you who ate?
You came to take, to maim, to break,
No love, no care—just war to make.
(Pre-Chorus)
We are right, you are wrong,
But the battle sings the same old song.
Who cast the first, who lit the fire?
Who keeps feeding death’s desire?
(Chorus)
Shall we talk? Look what we’ve done.
Lucifer got inside us, holding the gun.
Can we try—just once—to feel?
A human touch, something real.
(Bridge)
What if silence broke the chains?
What if mercy stopped the pain?
If no answer comes, tell me, friend,
Do we fight until the end?
(Final Chorus – softer, then rising in intensity)
Shall we talk? Look what we’ve done.
Lucifer got inside us, holding the gun.
Can we try—just once—to feel?
A human touch, something real.
(Outro – fading)
A human touch…
Something real…
Michael Forty