Name: Barcelona Boy
Duration: P00H04M20S
Description: 'Barcelona Boy' is about the cruelty of children in war.

Barcelona Boy

from Feast Remastered - album by Thursday Night Shift

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'Barcelona Boy' is about the cruelty of children in war.

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Barcelona Boy

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 spin their careless dance
Bullets ricochet as he escapes, terrified in the hands of fate
Some children live in fear...that tomorrow may not come.

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 bloody hands
It's 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 way
Let's find a place, that brings them peace each day
Let's build an ark and ghost them all away
Let's find a place, that brings them peace each day...

Peshawar breaks our hearts and makes us all despair
Too many children lost to hatred and 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.

Hand tied leaders chant platitudes by rote
They ignore atrocity where vested interests lie
Their endless peace treaties and dead end roadmaps
Just fuel the bitterness of those they should protect
Today's war child, tomorrow's fighter
An endless cycle of cruel insanity.

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from Feast Remastered - album, released June 28, 2019
Music by Derek Wylie / Brian Coulton
Lyrics by Derek Wylie

Sixth Fret Music Ltd.

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