We have lived and we've died at least
A million times before
We familiar few who, promised peace,
Were sent to war
Oh, what men fight to keep alive
They just as soon destroy
And they trade away dreams for
Momentary shades of joy
Our homes become battlefields,
Plowshares turn to swords
As the land that we've shared becomes
Surrendered to our lords
All the lines that divide us fall
From shadowed skies above
And descend on our hungry hearts
Into what we call love

Convinced we are the enemy
They curse our place on bended knee
Guided by the war within
We bend beneath their weighted whims
And get

Lost in the silence,
Where words become violence
Then lost in the violence
Our words become silence
Lost in the silence,
Where words become violence
Then lost in their violence
Our words become silence

All split between many truths
And paths we're taught to walk
We collide with our jagged steel
We forget how to talk
In the battles we're forced to wage,
Humanity's not lost
Does the one who denies the wonder
Truly know the cost?
Oh, our homes become battlefields
And plowshares turn to swords
As the mercy of martyrs becomes
Lost upon their lords

When the blade falls upon us,
Weakness does not make us weak
For the strength of one's strength of all
The source of love we seek

It asks "how can you silence me
When I am that which sets you free?
Listen past the bloody din
And you can hear me deep within..."

But you're lost in the silence
Where words become violence
Then lost in the violence
Your words become silence

So please don't deny me
Words don't define me
In a world that derides me
I'm just trying to find me

But Im lost in the silence,
Where my words become violence
Then lost in the violence,
My words become silence

Please don't deny me
Please don't deny me
I'm just trying to find me
I'm just trying to find me....

But I'm lost in the silence
And my words become violence
Then lost in the violence
My words become silence....