"What Have We Done" lyrics
The air is still, deadly call
The battle won, the men return
The trenches filled with sadness and the faces with resent
And visions of things they've done, they wish they could forget
We'll carry these deeds to our graves and all for other men
Oh, what have we done?
He gets his leave and comes back home
He hears the peace and fills his soul
The years are still, the trees so green, he watched his children play
He gets a room and tries to sleep but can't, until the day
'Cause the memories of things he's done are keeping him awake
Oh, what have we done?
The war is done, he rests on the ground
For several days he hears no sound
A shaft of light cuts through, and someone grabs his sleeve
He's pulled back up and turns around to face his enemy
As if there were a mirror, they see everything they've shed
The threads of hate between them, that were never really there
The smoke upon the hillside, and hope for God to come
Oh, what have we done?
Oh, what have we done?
The battle won, the men return
The trenches filled with sadness and the faces with resent
And visions of things they've done, they wish they could forget
We'll carry these deeds to our graves and all for other men
Oh, what have we done?
He gets his leave and comes back home
He hears the peace and fills his soul
The years are still, the trees so green, he watched his children play
He gets a room and tries to sleep but can't, until the day
'Cause the memories of things he's done are keeping him awake
Oh, what have we done?
The war is done, he rests on the ground
For several days he hears no sound
A shaft of light cuts through, and someone grabs his sleeve
He's pulled back up and turns around to face his enemy
As if there were a mirror, they see everything they've shed
The threads of hate between them, that were never really there
The smoke upon the hillside, and hope for God to come
Oh, what have we done?
Oh, what have we done?
