Face to Face

We stand here in the open
No cover left to hide
Just dust between the silence

And you on the other side
I see it in your shoulders
You feel the same as me
No anger in your breathing
Just something we can’t see

They told us who the enemy is
They told us where to aim
But standing here before you
I can’t connect the name

No hate inside these fingers
No reason in this hand
Just orders in the distance
I don’t understand

So tell me what we’re doing here
Tell me who this is for
‘Cause you look like my brother
Not someone I’d go to war

Is it power, is it money
Is it something we don’t know
Or just voices far behind us
Telling us to let it go

I never chose this moment
I never chose this side
They never asked a question
They just drew the lines

I’d fight for those beside me
For the ones I love and know
But not for someone’s madness
Not for a war I don’t own

If I lower my weapon
Would you do the same?
Or are we both just waiting
For someone else to take the blame?

Final Chorus:
Tell me what we’re doing here
Tell me who this is for
I won’t pull the trigger
Not anymore

If this is all for nothing
Then I’m done playing along
‘Cause I won’t kill my brother
To prove someone else is strong

We stand here
Face to face
And nothing makes sense anymore