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These days I pay for touch

In debt to a previous crutch

Good man he cracked my back

To help me sleep through dreams that I lost

I want to make peace with you

It’s been too long

That you’ve held me in your grip

War, I’m now pacifist

Each night when I return

Look out the back door alone

Count every star so bright

And wait there for a new dawn

Won’t you make peace with me

It’s been so long

That I’ve held you in my grip

War, be gone

And come, make peace with this

It’s been too long

That we’ve been held in a fix

War, now be done

Holding out my hands

A woman told me;

To bare weakness open

There hides strength

Nervous I spoke too much

In doubt with all I once loved

Tried to fill the space

That I now find is the reason I ache

Oh I want to make peace with you

It’s been too long

That you’ve held me in your grip

War, I’m pacifist

Won’t you make peace with me

It’s been too long

That I’ve held you in my grip

So come, make peace