they are just civilians we are barely civil to them only at times gonna take a million bodies piled and killed to show them we can fight they are just civilians we are barely civil to them only at times and we are your citizens burrowing beneath your skin and crawling up your spine they are just civilians fighting for their place in the company of men shhh we re holding still waiting for the thrill of surprising you again you watch yourself and you guard yourself you are not yourself you are not yet safe watch yourself and you guard yourself you are not yourself you are not yet safe boys i can fight please let me fight boys i can fight please let me fight the treaties of civilians we will fire at will and from behind the lines you who once were children you stand and stare where buildings became crimes