Emmanuel
Emmanuel
He grew up in a country
Bordered by the Red Sea
A child who saw many things
A child should never see.
Bombs played his lullaby
Shrapnel was his first toy
Starvation was his bottle
Silence his greatest joy
Emmanuel
It means "God with us"
The tanks controlled the sidewalk
The schools, they all shut down
Then one day, the soldiers came
And shot all the men in town
The soldiers raped his mother
And his younger sister too.
While he hid in the closet
What more could he do?
Emmanuel.
It means "God with us"
The nightmares are so vivid
With screams of terror and despair
And memories of the smell
Of rotting bodies in the air
Sweet revenge fills his mind
And tears flow down his face
A lifetime of suffering
That no one can erase
Emmanuel.
It means "God with us"
The ELF or Ethiopian Army
There are no winners in war
Only those who suffer
And those who suffer more.
Lord, were you with us then?
Did you see the violence?
If so, why did you step aside
And watch in complete silence?
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