Forgive me, Danny

Now you are wiser

now you are wiser
dear danny up there
you time was up
you had to leave

now you are wiser
you know you were caught
in a storm of
not our own making
the vicious wheels of
injustice grind
and innocents are
as is writ in fate
caught in them again
and again 'n again

now you are wiser
and rid of all pains
but the injustice
and showers of death
come unabated
we wait in silence
sheep in abattoir
our turn will come soon


because we are the
silent, living dead.