Alive

Gun pointed at a child's head,
razor blades too close to the neck.
"Become a man" - he said.
"I don't want to. I'd rather be dead!"

I'm not a soldier, I'm a child.
I live in the city, I'm not wild.
I go to school, I'm civilised.
I read books, I love chimes.

You are a slave of your mind -
potential enemy, compassion blind.
If you cut yourself, you won't bleed -
you've got no blood, you soul-sick...

But I'm normal, I hate guns.
I respect my parents, I can't fight.
I love Frank Sinatra, James Blunt and The Who,
I hate pop-corn, big cars and kung-fu.

You are dead, because you fear,
because you love without compassion,
because you listen, but you don't hear,
because you watch, but you don't see.