Blood for Blood (1993)

In the dirt that stains my clothing
Are the ditches I've crawled through
On your face: the scars of anguish
Born facing down the truth
You cry out for mercy
You shiver in the frost
But our hearts are chained to anger
As in my sights you’re locked

Blood for blood
There must be an end
The nightmare unfolds
Again and again
Blood for blood
In the hard gray dawn
Revenge can't answer
These wrongs

Nothing is forgotten:
All the history's on the shelf
Nothing is forgotten:
You tell me so yourself
As we stand to give our witness
Of the cold and bitter hand
There’s a killer here among us
Waiting out what time he can

Blood for blood
There must be an end
The nightmare unfolds
Again and again
Blood for blood
In the hard gray dawn
Revenge can't answer
These wrongs

Maybe somebody
Holds the answer
Maybe some love
Can keep us warm
Only in your eyes
Only in your eyes
Can I see/seek shelter from the storm

I am trying to remember
The book and the words
But nothing comes to mind –
In the end, what have we learned?
Our mothers and fathers
Are removed from their lands
Tell me now:
Where is the pity?
Is it slipping through our hands?

Blood for blood
There must be an end
The nightmare unfolds
Again and again
Blood for blood
In the hard gray dawn
Revenge can't answer
These wrongs