Barcelona Boy Lyrics

Verse 1

The Barcelona boy was in the news today

Shot by a sniper - his mother by his side

Like many children he doesn’t stand a chance

As Earth’s coordinates weave their careless dance

Bullets ricochet as he escapes

Terrified, in the hands of fate

Some children live in fear - tomorrow may not come

Verse 2

They say it’s complicated and hard to understand

Why holy warring tribes, fight over holy land

They match each other’s crimes to wash their bloody hands

It is the children who don’t stand a chance

Legitimate targets

There are no limits

All wars are bloody - and all the bloody same

Chorus

Let’s build an ark and ghost them all away

Let’s find a place - that brings them peace each day

Verse 3

Peshawar breaks our hearts and makes us all despair

Too many children lost to hatred & revenge

History fails to teach the lessons of the past

Hate brings more hate, death brings more death

Old testament justice

Mindless violence

An eye for an eye, a child for a child

Verse 4

Hand tied leaders chant platitudes by rote

They ignore atrocity where vested interests lie

Their endless peace treaties and dead end roadmaps

Just fuels the bitterness of those they should protect

Today’s war child

Tomorrow’s fighter

An endless cycle of cruel insanity

Chorus

Let’s build an ark and ghost them all away

Let’s find a place - that brings them peace each day