By: Cedric McClester

MOTHERS OF THE DEAD
UNITED IN THEIR GRIEF
THE THING THEY SHARE IN COMMON
OFFERS NO RELIEF
FROM THE NAGGIN’ QUESTION
DID THEY HAVE TO DIE
IN THE WAY THEY DID
THEY’RE JUST ASKING WHY

MOTHERS OF THE DEAD
UNIQUELY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT IS TO LOSE
A CHILD IN A FOREIGN LAND
THEY’D JUST LIKE TO KNOW
THAT IT WAS WORTH THE COST
AS THEY COMMEMORATE
THE LOVED ONES THAT THEY LOST

MOTHERS OF THE DEAD
HEAR THEM AS THEY CRY
LOOKIN’ UP TO GOD
FOR THE ANSWER WHY
MOTHERS OF THE DEAD
HEAR THEM AS THEY CRY
LOOKIN’ UP TO GOD
FOR THE ANSWER WHY

MOTHERS OF THE DEAD
ARE LEFT TO CONTEMPLATE
WHAT THE WORLD COULD BE
IF THERE WAS NO HATE
WORDS OF CONSOLATION
BARELY CAN BE HEARD
IN THEIR DARKEST HOUR
SORRY’S JUST A WORD




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