Soulless

We arrive and are blinded

By twisted rubble and piercing light

Screaming sounds of the sirens

Rip through the air on this sleepless night

Take this boy and remind him

Just how fragile his unsewn life

His daily dose of destruction

Sleeps with his gun, his surrogate wife

Mother fears the door

Baby's off at war

Just like dad before

Left soulless

Promised there's an end

Just around the bend

Lost another friend

Left soulless

Soulless ghost in the air

Helpless feeling of despair

Broken body, scarred mind

They're soulless

Men, women and children

Huddle together or stand and fight

Enemies or our allies

Can't tell the difference, he's blind with fright

He reads letters from mother

Shares photographs from another life

Falling to friendly fire

Today was this hero's final fight

Mother fears the door

Baby's off at war

Just like dad before

Left soulless

Promised there's an end

Just around the bend

Lost another friend

Left soulless

Soulless ghost in the air

Helpless feeling of despair

Broken body, scarred mind

They're soulless

Left shameless

Left nameless

Left faithless

Left soulless

Soulless ghost in the air

Helpless feeling of despair

Broken body, scarred mind

They're soulless

Soulless ghost in the air

Helpless feeling of despair

Broken body, scarred mind

They're soulless

Left sightless

Left mindless

Left heartless

Left hopeless

Gone insane, endless pain

Enter the room to find there's no one left

Guiltless time, poisoned mind

Mocking clocks they chime, you're in traction

Wasted days, again betrayed

A once honored hero now stains the mattress

No one calls, blood-stained walls

Mother needle holds you to her breast

Skin and bones

Your life is left soulless