Verse 1 Do you think it's gonna be okay? Do you think everything's gonna be alright? Someone's hungry tonight, someone's cold every night, Because someone thinks that war is right. They never learn, and you always pay. Children without graves, a mother's lost faith, A father's tears, as another man's enemy appears, Fighting for the man-made misery of history. Chorus Collateral damage, oh so sweet, she was only three. Collateral damage, my dear, nobody cares. Collateral damage, son, your life had just begun. You loved to run, you should be too young to be killed by a gun. Verse 2 They say this is what's next for us, If we don't feed the war enough. But it's everywhere, it used to be peaceful here. Now children fear, running scared, Talking of what's waiting for us over there. Bridge Under the blood-red sky in the morning light, How many have died tonight? Who's wrong, who's right? Somebody's sacrifice. Chorus Collateral damage, oh so sweet, she was only three. Collateral damage, my dear, nobody cares. Collateral damage, son, your life had just begun. You loved to run, you should be too young to be killed by a gun. Verse 3 (Bridge/Outro) From the ruins, you can see a fire, Surrounded by the children of the dead. They have nothing, they've lost everything — A mother's love, innocence, a hand to hold in the cold, A father's embrace, a teary, dirty face cries out — Where is the grace? Killed for race, sacrificed for faith, Human hate, a child's cry, Hunger and no lullaby, No fairytales, no shining stars, Only broken hearts and burned-out cars. Chorus (Final time) Collateral damage, oh so sweet, she was only three. Collateral damage, my dear, nobody cares. Collateral damage, son, your life had just begun. You loved to run, you should be too young to be killed by a gun.
