Children of the Wasteland

Raw Story has picked up a shocking video shot in Gaza on Saturday during the Israeli invasion.

Be warned, this is NOT an easy video to watch. But be grateful that at least the real story is getting out. Never again. Remember that line? Never again. Remember. That. Line.

Don’t know what to say
anymore
the sun is slinking low
and I’m wild with rage and knowledge
that’s burning through the floor
of this old crippled house,
this wheel and mouse,
this cycle coming slow,
I hang my head for the bloody shed
where the body hangs
swing low

Sweet chariot, come home
Swing low
Sweet honey-cup, clean the wounds of war
Swing low
Sweet golden rope
that we may climb once more
Swing low
Sweet revolting heart
beat the drums and soar

Up above
the carnage ends
in silent stardust paigns
and holy chariots
they spin
in peace the song of names
of every child
and every man
who ever stood the flame
and every woman who lost her sigh
to screams and Satan’s chains

Swing low

Sweet chariot, come home
Swing low
Sweet honey-cup, clean the wounds of war
Swing low
Sweet golden rope
that we may climb once more
Swing low
Sweet revolting heart
beat the drums and soar

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