[Verse 1]
They are up on the fences, hanging by scraps
In temporary trenches, out laying traps
Bags wrapped 'round their faces
Baseball bats and home-made tasers
They've got bars and bricks and f**ing bombs
And they're dangerous because they don't think they're wrong
[Chorus]
Are you friend or are you foe
Do you meet your end, with a hammer blow
Do you believe that every life is worth a shot
Or do you load the bullets up to k** the lot
[Verse 2]
It all feels so senseless, scrambling like rats
In a pit with no exits where we are the cats
Murdered by the nameless
k**ed in beds where they should be safest
They're all mothers and fathers and children too
And you're scared of them 'cause they don't look like you
[Chorus]
Are you friend or are you foe
Do you meet your end, with a hammer blow
Do you believe that every life is worth a shot
Or do you load the bullets up to k** the lot
[Verse 3]
I've seen a man on fire burning in the street
I've seen a woman buried to her neck, stoned for disbelief
I've seen a man thrown from a tower because he loved another man
I've seen a child soldier martyred by another child's hand
I've seen a stampede ma**acre on holy ground
And I've seen whole families being drowned
I've seen a baby lying face down in the tide
And I've seen thousands homeless begging for their f**ing lives
You say they are nothing but a number
But when they speak it sounds like thunder
And all they want are your homes
Your life, your blood, your bones