(For Memorial Day) "La Colombe"

From Jacques Brel's "La Colombe" - "The Dove"

"Why must this moment come,
when childhood has to die,
when hopes shrink to a sigh,
and speech into a gun.

Why are they so pale and still,
young boys trained overnight,
conscripts paid to killed,
dressed in gray to fight.

The dove has torn her wings,
so no more song of love.
We are not here to sing,
we're here to kill the dove."

PAX!