I saw the news today, oh boy
My TV washes over me
Like a wave of lies
I can still feel the images
They were frozen in my mind
Desensitized, agonised
So filled with dread
That I can’t feel the shame
Though it’s there in my head
These are your children
Suffering
You can still heed the call if you’d having it all
Give a little love
These are your children
Vanishing
I can still see the lies as their innocence dies
Give a little love
I saw the film today, oh boy
But we won’t find the answers
We’re not alone
There’s one more disaster after another
Nobody seems to care for his brother
There’s something so evil at work
That we can’t see our face
Although it’s there in the dirt
These are your children
Suffering
You can still heed the call if you’d having it all
Give a little love
These are your children
Vanishing
I can still see the lies as their innocence dies
Give a little love
Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over
We had five years left of trying
A girl my age went off her head
Hit some tiny children
If the blacks hadn’t pulled her off
I think she would have killed them
I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
Don’t think you knew you were in this song
Suffering
Suffering