I beg to differ   To break the chain   To draw a line right through   tomorrow   And cancel every claim   I've seen reflections beneath my skin   And drums beating for battle   In the eyes of children      REFRAIN   And turning it over   Right down   Where the eye don't see no colour   Where the war don't make a sound   Ice on the shoulder   Noel   Praise the Lord above   And sell sell sell      Oh violent flowers   You fill the screen   Betray your mother   And change your name   So tall and fickle   And blind as snow   Running headfirst for oblivion   'Cause you've nowhere else to go      REFRAIN      In chill of winter   In dead of night   Each so familiar with the hunger   That they got no appetite   They talk of lovig   I hear her say   That as fast as I can give it   He's taking it away      REFRAIN 2x      A weeping willow   The desert wind   So many learn to swallow   So few to understand   This deepest longing   This cup of faith   Where to put them in a world   Where no innocence is safe