Without a Trace - The New Roses

I can see — Dark clouds hangin' over me

They blackout the sun

I can’t see no one

But I think — Once there grew a shiny green

Birds were building nests

But that is the past

I can hear the thunder

I can see the mighty blaze

But the beauty’s gone without a trace

Just believe — The stranger is your enemy

Never raise your hands

Just protect your friends

And don’t you think

Too much of your home afar

Cause it only makes you weak

And it opens older scares

And if I fall — I’ll surely be replaced

But I’ll be gone without a trace

If this makes a hero out of me

A coward is what I would rather be

And this is as old as our race

But the meaning’s gone without a trace

Here I stand — This piece of metal in my hand

I can hear a voice — Saying there’s no choice

So I run — To take somebody’s dear loved son

Or he’ll make my mother cry

Now who should live and who should die

I can feel the cold wind blowin'

As the blood runs down my face

But my fear is gone without a trace

If this makes a hero out of me

A coward is what I would rather be

And this is as old as our race

But the meaning’s gone without a trace