The day is born in shades of gray

Peace turns to dust and drifts away

The world marches to a cliff unseen

Blind steps driven by selfish schemes

Flags shiver like mournful cries

In the winds, lost voices rise

Lives that barely saw the dawn

Silenced before they could move on

We don't need a third mistake

A desperate step the earth can't take

History's bled too much before

Let's mend what's left

And heal the sore

Children play with shadows of steel

While the earth denies

The wounds to heal

Fields once green now bathe in ash

Flowers weep as their colors crash

Leaders dance on a fragile board

Trading lives they can't afford

Forgetting the cost of hollow glory

Is erasing maps and our own story

We don't need a third mistake

A desperate step the earth can't take

History's bled too much before

Let's mend what's left

And heal the sore

Is it too late to turn around?

To make love rise

Where hate abounds?

The earth is pleading, the skies implore

The time is now, or nevermore

Final?

We don't need a third mistake

A desperate step the earth can't take

Let's join our hands, raise up our voice

The future still can be our choice