No Peace No End

Where were you when the walls were crumbling Where were you when the guns were rumbling Where were you when the hounds of hell Took sons and lovers away Did you see me on the slippery slope Wrong end of a telescope Do you even pause for breath As you sleepwalk through the day Some day won't you Stand in my shoes And see the world I see No hope no friend No hope no friend No peace, no end I'm ground between two stones Soon I'll be nothing but bones Who'll be my shining savior Before I turn to dust? Are you the hand that kills me? Are you the hand that saves me? When they both sell you down the river Which one can you trust? Some day won't you Stand in my shoes And see the world I see No hope no friend No peace, no end In the peace museum there's a mangy dove To remind us all of universal love You can rent her out for your corporate dinner And feel good about yourself Geneva Convention they use as a pessary Olive branch is a fashion accessory In the big chess game there's just one winner And it's always somebody else Some day won't you Stand in my shoes And see the world I see No hope no friend No peace, no end No hope no friend No peace, no end