I'm staring down the barrel - please don't put me in -

I'm not prepared for anguish and destruction

I'm not prepared to kill someone I've never even met,

Despite your brainwash orders and instruction.

I've never had an enemy, don't want to have one now,

There's not one of your reasons I can use,

You shove me in the spotlight and the drummer does a roll

God help me if somebody lights the fuse.

I know the ropes, you've taught me well, I have the latest gear

The TV cameras drool anticipation,

Elections won or lost depending on the nightly news

A shocking truth about our once-great nation.

If history repeats itself (as it so often does)

The war to end all wars will start again,

And cannon fodder such as me will march into the ring

To try and murder all my fellow men.

I've thrown my helmet on the ground, I quit! I will not fire

You've wasted all the training and the skill

My barrel droops and hangs in shame the show cannot go on,

Call me coward, I will never kill.

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