Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There’s dust on the window
Names written on stone
Mothers hold the photos
Of faces never grown
Sirens in the distance
Echo through my chest
Everyone is counting
Who they’ve lost
Who’s left

[Chorus]
I don’t want your war in my tomorrow
I don’t want your flags in my dreams
Lay the guns down
Let the ground breathe
I will trade my anger for an open hand
I will write a future in the sand
Where every child can sleep in peace
After the sirens
Only peace

[Verse 2]
Old men draw the borders
On maps they never walk
Young feet cross the rubble
Where there used to be a park
We learned all the wrong words
For enemies and sides
But I see the same fear
In every pair of eyes

[Chorus]
I don’t want your war in my tomorrow
I don’t want your flags in my dreams
I don’t want your flags in my dreams
Lay the guns down
Let the ground breathe
I will trade my anger for an open hand
I will write a future in the sand
Where every child can sleep in peace
After the sirens
Only peace

[Bridge]
What if we build
More tables than walls
More names we can call
Than reasons to fall
What if the news
Was birthdays and songs
And every border
Was just where we belong (together)

[Chorus]
I don’t want your war in my tomorrow
I don’t want your flags in my dreams
Lay the guns down
Let the ground breathe
I will trade my anger for an open hand
I will write a future in the sand
Where every child can sleep in peace
After the sirens
Only