Battlefield

take me out on the battlefield
show me the rain and the blood and how to heal
this is where it happens, where the lessons all are real
take me out on the battlefield

wherever you are in the circle there’s always something to learn
even death is a blessing, every stone has a time to turn
living, loving, dying, learning, all these circles make a chain
and battlefield’s where the lessons all began

here i am on top of the world, i’m up on the 20th floor
got my big old chair got my name, got this big ol’ plaque on the door
but there’s a sickness in my spirit, before it drags me to the ground
i’m gonna get up on that chair and i’m gonna take my name down

© 2001 David Stoddard