Shells



    The hole in her chest is for the little lost lamb
    That was on his quest; nobody gives a damn
    In silvery days of silence they go
    Now they've lost their ways,the little lambs in the snow

    These are not shells of the sea
    These are not shells of the sky
    They took my baby away from me
    And no one has ever told me why
    They chewed him and spit him
    He never knew what hit him
    No little kisses goodbye
    Shells, shells, shells

    Oh I once thought to ask for God's mercy
    I can't stand aching anymore
    They were only making angels
    In the snow in the middle of a war
    The blood of these lambs speaks of the darkness
    And the blood of these lambs speaks of the rage
    Yes the blood of these lambs is rolling to the sea
    It's writing your history on every single page
    Shells, shells, shells

    Tear at a table missing a child
    Must have gone past, the river is mild
    I go to the sea; I follow the tide
    I hold seashells to me and I hear the sky

    These are not shells of the sea
    These are not shells of the sky
    They took my baby away from me
    And no one has ever told me why
    They chewed him and spit him
    He never knew what hit him
    No little kisses goodbye
    Shells, shells, shells

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