Missing in Action

Tear gas and rubber bullets
We're living life to the fullest
Twenty dead and others wounded
In this mess, we forgot polluted

Young souls wither at the border
Behind the scenes they witness torture
It's deadly, critical, and it's terminal
When was fate ever merciful?

I'm missing in action
I'm lost, in fact my mind is
Sodden with empathy
I'm drowning in the twenty-first century
The twenty-first century

Pray for Paris, Syria, Sudan
Day by day becomes a lifespan
All the inaction, indifference
Soon we'll burn like Icarus

Rapists and fake patriots
Not black or white, just a gradient
How could we ever fix all of this?
Could we ever reach an armistice?

I'm missing in action
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
I'm lost, in fact my mind is
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
Sodden with empathy
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
I'm drowning in the twenty-first century
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
The twenty-first century

I'm missing in action
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
I'm lost, in fact my mind is
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
Sodden with empathy
(Take mercy from me, have mercy on me)
I'm drowning in the twenty-first century
(Have mercy, please)