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Oh graceful girl from a land in ruins

The desert's still waiting to be adorned

Of your tiny footsteps

The cruelty of war took you from your fields of hope

Before all your wishes could come true

The look on their faces betrayed thoughts full of dirt

His finger on yours made you tremble and freeze

The horror came from the land of the free

No parents there to protect you

The bullets reached them before they could

Never again

Will you feel the warmth of your sister's hug

The same old story of torture and slaughtering

Written by those who should keep you safe

Collateral damage, it's what they keep calling it

What did you do to deserve this fate?

Brave and strong

Is that the way they proved their worth?

By planning the assault on your little farmhouse?

Brave and strong

Is that the way they proved their worth?

By leaving you without any chance of a future?

Brave and strong

Is that the way they proved their worth?

By lacerating your dress and taking their turns

Used against your will

Another one subdued you and then another

You were just 14

How could they commit this heinous crime?

Brave and strong

Is that the way they proved their worth?

By drenching you with fuel and dropping a match

Brave and strong

Is that the way they proved their worth?

By ravaging the peace they were meant to defend?

Used against your will

You were just 14