Within Our House

Gary Brooker

So many came before you

The prisoners of fate



A history of bloodshed

A legacy of hate.

But where will you be standing

When the battles have been won?

Inside your lonely fortress

The battles just begun.



After the war

who will you be fighting for?

After the war is over.

After the fire is burning

To its dying embers

after the war.



A letter from the draft board

Put paid to all your dreams

You're just another number

In military schemes.

They marched you in a uniform

You wore against your will

With lies of hope and glory

They taught you how to kill.



After the war

Who will you be fighting for?

After the war is over...

You thought you'd be a heroe

After all that survived

If hell was meant for heroes

Then surely you've arrived.



After the war

After the war

After the war

Who will you be fighting for?

After the war

Who will you be fighting for?

After the fire is burning

To its dying embers

After the war.