Salt The Earth

They draw their lines on someone's home Call it strategy, call it stone Push the people to the sea Call it peace, call it free

What the bombs don't break, they buy What they can't buy, they deny Plant a flag on someone's grave Toast the fallen, toast the brave

And when the smoke begins to clear You can hear what they don't hear The hum of fields that won't grow back The sound of boots that left a track

Salt the earth, salt the earth Take the children of its worth Burn the orchard, drown the well Build a heaven, leave a hell

History will pick a side Wear the medals, hide the lie Statues stand for fifty years Til a wind takes them like tears

And when the smoke begins to clear You can hear what they don't hear The hum of fields that won't grow back The sound of boots that left a track

Salt the earth, salt the earth Take the children of its worth Burn the orchard, drown the well Build a heaven, leave a hell

Every empire writes its psalm Calls the wreckage holy calm Calls the screaming a parade Calls the weapon that they made

Salt the earth, salt the earth Take the children of its worth Burn the orchard, drown the well Build a heaven, leave a hell Build a heaven, leave a hell

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