Karbala original

Islamic

Tall Dark Shadows, Soldiers Walk by
Another boy screams, his mother has died
the army still kills, while the scholars still sigh
as I walk through the plains they call Karbala

I want them to learn respect for a man
invaders from darkness, who march on our sand
but they never could take this sanctified land
as I walk through the plains they call Karbala

ignorantly calling "fighting will cease"
but thats just a promise, not a release
come take my oil, for you'll never find peace
as I walk through the plains they call Karbala

Blood which was shed in an age long ago
Long before Oprah, or News at One Show
Lies in the desert like a fresh fall of snow
as I walk through the plains they call Karbala

Built upon hope yet the place lies in gloom
Only a message of hatred and doom?
In a saints Garden under Eid Moon
As I walk through the plains they call Karbala
Did Hussain teach us to hate all who come?
Or martyr ourselves or go on the run?
Surely a message of Peace is undone
As I walk through the plains they call Karbala