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     no peace at all

no home sweet home

dazed and confused

in this battle alone

     everyone, everywhere

we all bear the scars

when home is a war zone

a cage with no bars

     no matter how fierce the fighting

there can always be more

when "family" is code

for "prisoner of war"

     but they stick to their guns

hear the verbal cannons roar

and their weponized words

cut you down on the shore

     try to see through the dust

as you crawl through the myre

they drop bombs on your trust

and it burns like a pyre

     so you pray from your foxhole

some call it their "room"

and you cover your ears

as their voices boom

     as the words keep flying

the casualties mount

with each word souls are dieing

up goes the body-count

     and the war drags on

with no end in sight

and even the belligerents

don't know why they fight

     it's a strange type of warfare

their bark is their bite

and your dreams don't bring you peace

in the darkness of night

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