Lyrics to The Minaret

It’s the end of spring and light hangs on

Dripping over geraniums and humming bird wings

In the blaze of summer we’ll tap our weapons out to the

cadence of a melody they sang at Normandy

It won’t be the same the again and we’ll just walk away

it’s the end



We crossed on the ridge and cut their women down

I climbed up on the minaret and occupied the town

They scattered in the woods to gather up their strength

Dripping blood on the road and oh how the animals looked

on

They all see how we’ve changed all the rules of the game



I can see both sides and it paralyzed me



An eye for an eye was a way to limit revenge

We’ve done away with all of that

Read how it all begins

It was written years before, same name, same war



I can see both sides and it paralyzed me inside