ploughshares

I strike a match, I light a lamp
I smooth the sheets and banish damp
I watch my shadow flicker on this canvas wall
I hide the stains upon the ground
The blood you spilled to win this mound
I wonder will it sanctify me as I leap to fall?

Come in from the war
And let your body tell me
What you're fighting for
Come and drive your dagger
Home.
Show me the wounds that pierce you,
Your bloodstained wings -
The rage's fierce truth
Come and drive your dagger
Home
Into me.

I will wash you, I will bind you,
I'll make sure they never find you
I will raise dark gods and let them hear my song
I'll forget the things you've done,
The homes you've burned, the battles won,
I will close my eyes and blind myself to any wrong.