morbid
01-03-2009, 09:28 PM
Maturity is the result of both age and experience. But not all experiences are good ones, of course, and not all paths to maturity lead to the same destination. Some, indeed, lead into darkness.
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The worst thing I did
When I was just a youngster
The worst that I could do,
Was steal a piece of pie,
And maybe a cookie or two.
But the older I became,
Oh, the horrible things I'd do;
Like stepping on ants and bugs --
The thousands I must have slew.
Now I'm grown, they tell me.
I wear the uniform of my land.
And today I finally did it --
Today I killed a man.
I didn't know his name;
His color was different than mine.
But he must have had a mother
Who'll, somehow, stop crying with time.
And when my tour is over,
And I see my family,
I'll have to stop and think
Of the horrible thing I did.
And when the fighting’s over,
And this war is finally won,
History will tell our children
Of the horrible things we've done
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The worst thing I did
When I was just a youngster
The worst that I could do,
Was steal a piece of pie,
And maybe a cookie or two.
But the older I became,
Oh, the horrible things I'd do;
Like stepping on ants and bugs --
The thousands I must have slew.
Now I'm grown, they tell me.
I wear the uniform of my land.
And today I finally did it --
Today I killed a man.
I didn't know his name;
His color was different than mine.
But he must have had a mother
Who'll, somehow, stop crying with time.
And when my tour is over,
And I see my family,
I'll have to stop and think
Of the horrible thing I did.
And when the fighting’s over,
And this war is finally won,
History will tell our children
Of the horrible things we've done