In a room in Lebanon
they silently slept
They were dreaming crazy dreams

in foreign alphabet
Lucky young boys
cross on the main

The driver was approaching
the American zone
The waving of hands

The tiniest train
They never dreamed
they'd never wake again


Voice of the Swarm
We follow we fall

Some kneel for priests
Some wail at walls
Flag on a match head

God or the law
And they'll all go together
Where duty calls


United children
Child of Iran

Parallel prayers
Baseball Koran
I'll protect Mama

I'll lie awake
I'll die for Allah
In a holy war

I'll be a ranger
I'll guard the streams
I'll be a soldier

A sleeping Marine

Refrain


In the heart of the ancient
Ali smiles

In the soul of the desert
the sun blooms
Awake

into the glare of all out little wars
Who pray to return to salute
the coming and dying of the moon

Oh sleeping sun

Assassin in prayer

laid a compass deep
Exploding dawn
and himself as well

Their eyes for his eyes
Their breath for his breath
All to his end


And a room in Lebanon
Dust of scenes

Erase and blend
May the blanket of Kings
Cover them and him


Forgive them Father
They know not what they do

From the vast portals
of their consciousness
they're calling to you