Empathy for the Enemy - Voïvod

Stepped out for a smoke

Sun’s down, set on cold

Weird thoughts have to go away

Torments to evacuate

Dark side of doomed life

Winter never dies

Black ice, dead end sky

Deep eyes, look inside

Empathy for the enemy

Too bad, I am drilled to say… No!

Regrets will forever last

Images filling up my glass

I drink to my enemies

White shadows in my reveries

Craving for day light

Bad curse never dies

Trouble waits in line

Haunted by these cries

Empathy for the enemy

So far, I’ve been forced to stay…

No!

No!

Heart shield

Heats sleeps

Eyes closed

Night ghosts

Randomize

Analyze

Supervise

Purify

Mystify

Hypnotize

Terrorize

Mobilize

Galvanize

Glorify

Idolize

Justify

Genocide

Each one on its side

We try to figure out why

This non-sense has gone

Way over the borderline

There’s no glory day

No victory and no parade

When people pay the price

Uniforms, a disguise

Empathy for the enemy

Will I be able to say…