O Lord where art thou
I look for your guidance
As these bullets come raining down
Why are you not here
Why don’t you protect us with your holy shroud
My eardrums bleed
The ground shakes
The sound of this evil army
The destruction and death it leaves in its wake
This evil is unbiased to age or creed
The cry of the unborn as mother lays dying
A casualty of a ricochet bullet
Fired to only satisfy evils greed
I stand O lord
I watch as the once landmark building
Decay and burn to the ground
Lost into history now just pictures no sounds
All I see is my country men bleed
I see my streets run red
This evil army disrespectfully dispenses of the dead
A man stands and smiles
Salutes to a foreign flag
He stands and surveys his path
He disregards my defiance and continues his wrath
Day breaks I have ran all night
I have looked for your sign to stand and fight
On bended knee I wait
The evil forces have me in their sights
I look to you O lord
I reach out my hands
I wait for you to break my bounds
So much death I can't come back
I am defeated my lord
Please take me now don’t let them say
Don’t let them be the ones to take my last breath away
Let me leave with my countrymen
They stood tall and proud
This evil was vast and ground them down
I see you now standing beside me
I look to a sea of blood and rain
It does nothing to dispel my pain
Now I see your sign
My courage and strength I start to gain
You have brought a protective shroud
You disguised it well but I see it now
In a crater that evil gave
Intended to become a mass grave
I see it torn I see it burnt
It cuts me so deep I can't explain the hurt
As all falls into disarray
I start to believe
I decided to stay
I will fight and I will answer the call
I will re raise my country's fallen flag
I crawl over the murdered crowd
I climb over rubble and discarded shells
I climb so this evil man can see
I will raise my flag
I will start the fight that sets my country free
He watches as I raise it high
Such a glorious sight
Green White and Gold fills Irelands skyline
Now evils rage turns to me
A thousand guns but they will not take my dignity
I will pass and take my place in history's most important date
I close my eyes on long life
I laughed and cried with my friends and my wife
I watched as my country thrived
I often remember those who died
We now have a cell with an open door
A stone lays bare on hallowed ground
A grave of stone stand's tall so profound
Millions of tourists flock to see and take part in our proud history
My country men now travel far and wide
They show a tri colored flag and they wear it with pride
They are so proud and would never hide
They are free to breathe the air
They are free to know laughter, fun and despair
Ireland is a country full of talent
Poets, writer's freedom to live
100 years on we have the freedom to say