Gone in a Second

There is blood on the hands of a political move
A stain in the ocean for the men who have died
A notion in a moment of national pride
Lives gone in a second with the change of the tide
.

Dogs at the gate howl for blood, on a single button pressed
Away from the eyes of another victim's gun
A pilot's solemn explanation for the death of this Argentine son
"I felt sick but I knew it had to be done."
.

And so a child to be born the very next day
Is amid the prayers of our boys as they drown in the sea
A death to their morals in an Archbishop's hypocrisy
A festival rising for this Churchian folly
.

The teachings of a Church devoid of Christ
Learned by the brain in a media heist
They couldn't cry once but they shouted twice
Excuses for a cheek unturned
.

There is death in the hands of a political move
A strain at the consideration of an Empire's cause that has died
A notion in a moment of national pride
Lives gone in a second with the change of the tide
.