so many miles away   but right here on my screen   I don’t know what to say   about the things I’ve seen      people dying for no reason   lost their right to live for free   we all pay the price it seems   mothers crying while they watch their children bleed      I will never understand   an eye for an eye   I will never fail to see   how we’d all end up blind      I’ve watched it all in vein   don’t know what to believe   how can the greatest gift of love   be the hardest to receive      people wanting to believe   but they’re bound to those who lead   we all pay the price it seems   have we forgotten just what it’s like to need      I will never understand   an eye for an eye   I will never fail to see   how we’d all end up blind      now I can never change the world with a song   because I could never get everyone to sing along      I will never understand   an eye for an eye   I will never fail to see   how we’d all end up blind      and I will never change the world   no not I, no not I   I will someday fail to see   ‘cause we’ll all end up blind