When the Killing Ends (We Are Life)

the East against the West

Is it too much to ask after all these wars

to give the world a rest

Missiles and guns don’t bring us peace

Somebody’s lying to us

Have you ever seen a dollar bill

that said “In Bombs We Trust”?

Chorus: We are life and we come from tomorrow

We won’t stand around while the world burns down

We’ve already seen enough sorrow

We are life and we just want to know when

When can the killing end, and the living begin?

and life will be our song

We’ll join our voices together

’till we’re a hundred million strong

Somebody has to offer peace Somebody has to start

Silence the beat of the drums of warand follow the beat of the heart

Last Chorus: We are life and we come from tomorrow

We won’t stand around while they burn our world down

We’ve already seen enough sorrow

We are life and we have a message to send

When the killing ends, the living can begin

In the days to come the Truth it will be known

The world is round we don’t live alone

And every missile we send, will come back on the wind

It’s better to love the Earth, it must not end