[Verse 1] They drew the map in blood On a table full of ash Pinned names with rusty nails Said this one has to last Boots at the river bank Mothers at the gate A boy with a paper flag Too small to hate [Pre-Chorus] And every side kept saying We’re the ones who’ll make it right But the same smoke rose in the morning From every shattered life [Chorus] End this war End this war No more sons for the floor End this war End this war Let the cannons sleep once more [Verse 2] Church bells bent in heat Fields turned to broken stone A widow kept her ring In a pocket full of home The generals wrote their songs In rooms of polished wood While graves kept growing deeper In the dirt where children stood [Pre-Chorus] And every flag kept waving Like a blade above the crowd But the names below were fading Too quiet to be proud [Chorus] End this war End this war No more sons for the floor End this war End this war Let the cannons sleep once more [Bridge] If peace takes a scar to win Then let it carve us clean Burn every crown to cinders Break the chain between No victor in the smoke No glory in the mud Only hands that reach for morning Only hearts still full of blood [Final Chorus] End this war End this war No more sons for the floor End this war End this war Let the cannons sleep once more End this war End this war Build a door where walls were before End this war End this war Let the world learn peace once more
