Illusions of Innocence The gaze of a child's eyes Begging, peace is not a sin Love is not a crime As their world crashes down An illusion of innocence The searching in their face Stand up, be counted Fight for a cause They know you're not listening It's just an illusion of innocence The eyes of a child, the look of age You don't care how they feel You fear what they'd say It's an illusion of innocence It's what you know But won't understand What you feel, But refuse to see So slow to learn So eager to believe Illusions of innocence
Reason for writing:
It was orginally inspired by the mess in Kosovo, but branched into other things
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