Swallow the Slaughter - Whiplash

No one knows exactly how to crawl inside his head*

Spitting on him

Pulling hair

Won’t rest until they’re dead

Teasing, taunting everyday

The morning bus to school

Playground in the afternoon

Sits back and plays the fool

The underdog

Bears its teeth

The boiling point

The line is breached

Throw the stone

Cast the rage

Swallow the slaughter

The debt is paid

Over and over again

Young man joins the military

Shiny, brand new gun

Shipped halfway around the world

A war that can’t be won

Captured by the enemy

The hope of life does fade

Thinking quick the fight or flight

Enables an escape

Years gone by

The test of time

Has made some harsh demands

Constitution fading as the radiation scans

Gone through life and war

Only to have it end this way

Doctor has the test results

Hands tremble

Bodies shake