Polyxena

Janani K. Jha

Compositor: Janani K. Jha

Oh, Polyxena shield your
Eyes from the Sun
Just for a second
Just for a second more

You can still let this world
Stay a happy one
For just one more second
Your life's only begun
Begun

I saw in my mind's eye
The crumbling castles
Disasters raining like fallen arrows
This is just the way thing are

For women like me
Whispers in the hallways
Always observant
Always in shadows
This is just the way things are

Oooh
I didn't want this for you
But what could I do?

So listen to me sing a little longer
Soon the darkness comes
With all the monsters
Look arround
The fields are full of songbirds'
Closing words

Oh, Polyxena shield your
Eyes from the Sun
Just for a second, (Just for a second)
Just for a second more (Just for a second more)

You can still let this world
Stay a happy one
For just one more second, (For just one more second)
Your life's only begun, (begun)
Begun (begun)

Stories as old as they are unkind
Wrong time, wrong place, (Wrong time, wrong place)
Not our war to wage, (Not our war to wage)
This is just the way thing are

Another girl caught up in the crosshair
Not fair to ask for war
And they take more
This is just the way things are

Oooh, (Oooh)
I didn't want this for you, (You)
But what could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do? (What could I do?)
What could I do?
(What could I?)
What could I do?
(What could I?)
What could I do?
(What could I?)
What could I
Do?

[Screaming]

Oh, God, what could I do
When this is what it's come to?
Want this city on fire
But it's alredy done
It's a funeral pyres
Nothing left to be won

So I'll sit here
And I'll watch her
There's no mercy for the conquered
But I won't go quiet
No, I can't help them win
So at least I can sing
When the knife goes in (In)

Oh, Polyxena shield your
Eyes from the Sun
You leave a world that
Doesn't deserve your love

But just for a second
Just for a second more