Stop Killing

Title: Stop Killing

by RAi Soulmusic

(Verse 1)

I see you standing in that line

Uniform on, but you’re still human inside

They told you fight, they told you go

But do you even know who’s below?

A mother cries in the dust tonight

A child is hiding from the light

You pull the trigger, hear the sound

Another innocent hits the ground

(Pre-Chorus)

I know you’re not a machine

You’re someone’s son, you had a dream

But orders don’t wash away the pain

Or bring back life again

(Chorus)

Stop killing, stop killing

How many more must fall?

Stop killing, stop killing

Can you still hear their call?

No border’s worth a single life

No flag is worth a child’s last cry

Stop killing, stop killing

We don’t need this anymore

(Verse 2)

They draw the lines across the land

Then put a weapon in your hand

Say “this is right” and “that is wrong”

But who decides who don’t belong?

A little boy with shattered dreams

Is not your enemy, it seems

He never chose this war you fight

So why take away his light?

(Pre-Chorus)

You feel it deep inside your chest

This isn’t peace, this isn’t rest

It’s just a cycle dressed in lies

Seen through different eyes

(Chorus)

Stop killing, stop killing

How many more must fall?

Stop killing, stop killing

Can you still hear their call?

No border’s worth a single life

No flag is worth a child’s last cry

Stop killing, stop killing

We don’t need this anymore

(Bridge)

Put down the gun, just walk away

Be the reason someone lives today

We are stronger when we stand as one

Not divided, not undone

No governments, no lines in sand

Are worth the blood on your own hands

We are one, can’t you see?

Together we are free

(Final Chorus)

Stop killing, stop killing

Let this be the end

Stop killing, stop killing

Or will it never mend?

No war will ever make us whole

It only takes another soul

Stop killing, stop killing

Let love be what we choose

(Outro)

You don’t have to pull that trigger

You don’t have to be a killer

We can end it… we can change

We’re the ones who break the chain