Maria Daines Ceasefire

Ceasefire Oh, the pain of war Hear the sirens wail Through the cold wind coming from afar Strangers help the strangers Hurt too much to bear What have we become Is this really what we are Oh, stop the guns of war Ceasefire, ceasefire Oh, stop the guns of war In the fields of yellow flowers Let hope grow and reach the sun They need peace now, oh And peace must save everyone Build it from the ruins From the silent, empty guns Mend the broken in the shadows Look what war has done Oh, stop the guns of war Ceasefire, ceasefire Oh, stop the guns of war Fathers torn from children Mothers cling to tiny hands Hoping somebody will stop this Stop this war upon their land Families in the darkness Where the blood of life is spilled War is not the answer Let the guns of war be still Oh, stop the guns of war Ceasefire, ceasefire Oh, stop the guns of war Oh, stop the guns of war Ceasefire, ce