Death from Above - Thrice

I always thought, I always thought, that there was something different,

setting us apart

That I was led, that I was led by men with sober minds and sympathetic hearts

I swore an oath, swore an oath, but never knew just what it was to take a life

I play at God, play at God across such distances and from so great a height

But I am never sure who I am killing

How many innocents were in the building?

I drop death out of the

No longer human beings, no longer people

Just targets on a screen, none of it’s real

I drop death out of the sky… Tell me why

One day they sent, one day they sent me to the chaplain when I said I can’t go

on

All he said, all he said was just to shut my mouth and do the «will of God»

But I am never sure who I am killing

How many innocents were in the building?

I drop death out of the

No longer human beings, no longer people

Just targets on a screen, none of it’s real

I drop death out of the sky… Tell me why?

Tell me why?

«To make us safe,» so it would seem

But we shoot further than we dream

Can’t we see?

We only justify

Someone’s resolve to rise against

And to avenge the innocent

And defend the ones that still survive

I’m still asking «why?»