Fought for the banner of the red and the white,
But I chose the wrong battle, chose the wrong fight.
Watched generations as they disappeared,
Consumed by a fiery hatred, by ignorance, and fear.
Don’t know how I didn’t see, how I didn’t know,
That hate brings genocide and unmarked bones.
Should have been better, should have taken a stand,
Faced all the lies and red stains on our hands.
We came from far acrost the sea,
With cold hearts of lust and greed.
Muskets fire, smoke blots the sun,
Watched them hide, watched them run.
We flew our flag, way up high,
Harbinger of death in death’s disguise…
A nation broken, a nation torn.
A nation grieves, a nation mourns.
We deny, but in plains we see,
The blood stains that we made them bleed.
History may be long in the past,
But the scars remain, forever last.
Cannot comfort, cannot console,
When you steal a man’s identity, you steal his soul.
We came from far acrost the sea,
With blackened hearts of lust and greed.
Muskets fire, smoke blots the sun,
Watched them hide, watched them run.
We flew our flag, way up high,
Harbinger of death in death’s disguise…
I can see the pain in their eyes,
I can hear the lost and forgotten cries.
I can see the children of the dead,
I know now that we were misguided, we were misled.
Misled to fight a wicked war,
Misled to ignore all the horrors.
Shame and guilt to occupy,
But in the end the truth shall rise.
We came from far acrost the sea,
With cold hearts of lust and greed.
Muskets fire, smoke blots the sun,
Watched them hide, watched them run.
We flew our flag, way up high,
Harbinger of death in death’s disguise…
Let the story be told around the fire,
A warning tale of sick hearts desire.
Its time this war comes to its end,
Let them grieve and let them mend.
Extend the branch of olive tree,
Watch them gather with pride and creed.
Flag does fly at half mast,
Reconcile and recognize at last.
We came from far acrost the sea,
With cold hearts of lust and greed.
Muskets fire, smoke blots the sun,
Watched them hide, watched them run.
We flew our flag, way up high,
Harbinger of death in death’s disguise…
