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Song of the Gun
November 30, 1991

black, cold rolled steel
riffled bore and soulless metal
this is the song of the gun

he lies there, unmoving
victim of his own undoing
unrecognizable -
a chiseled grey forty-four -
custom grade his weapon -
so goes the first verse
those who take the other path
no longer happy with any old world

in the street we find a second
victimized by those who like the gun had no souls
shot in darkness
metal from the barrel of a walnut forty-four -
his long walk became a longer walk
out into the night
so goes the second verse
those eliminated for what they are
where then the end, a wrong place

in another home the third is found
victim of a wife who knew full well his actions
left him for another, left him crumpled against the bedroom wall
again tailored killing of the favorite weapon
another grey and heavy forty-four -
so goes the third verse
those killed for prior action
revenge as its own justification -
he cried out his sorrows on his last breath

we find the fourth in a heap
lying among thousands on a battlefield
taken down by an army of might
victim of yet another somehow just cause
and a last black forty-four -
as with all the others he knows now nothing
simply packs his thoughts and sets out
down the longer road to night
so goes the fourth, the final verse
those killed by the strong for the will of the world

in each sung verse I clink to madness
falling from my calm nest
as I see what the world can do
and call right -
there is no justification needed today
for the fools we have become
just stepping into the firing line
willingly -
into the arms of flame and thunder

quietly children
I'll sing you the song of the gun

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from Scattered Resistance v4 - Settling In, released October 19, 2012

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