Downtown Singapore

Toy Soldiers and Hand Grenades

Downtown Singapore


The children can't help the gifts we gave them 
Wrapped up in grief and warfare 
They took from them what was gold and pure 
And stripped their souls clean and bare 

Can you feel the heartbeat inside them 
Beating hard 

They're calling out for redemption 
For themselves 
Smoke fills the air tonight 
And faces look from the cannon light 

The children can't help the gifts we gave them 
Wrapped up in grief and warfare 
We took from them what was gold and pure 
And stripped their souls clean and bare 

They need more 
They need more 
They need more 
They need more 
They need more 
They need more 
They need more 

Smoke fills the air tonight 
and faces look from the cannon lights 
They paid their respects 
By taking their way of life 
And replacing it for what they say is right 

The children can't help the gifts we gave them 
Wrapped up in grief and warfare 
We took from them what was gold and pure 
And stripped their souls clean and bare 

(The children can't help the gifts we gave them 
Wrapped up in grief and warfare)