It's Just a K

Numbers like pieces are all they see
Moving around the board of life
They shout their ideals in a grand decree
Till they cut through us all like a knife

One by one, they march to the beat
On the glory that was built before them
Trusting and praying for all to compete
In the stage that the suits laid before them

They say they were losses that were factored in
They are collateral damage, the pundits say
But are lives and souls that are lost for the sin
And for all they care, it’s just a K

True heroes go to battle with fear and mettle
A band of brothers they all are
Oblivious to the ignorance we all settle
Not caring for the deeds of afar

We turn the page to watch our shows
And escape the reality of life
While the dogs of war take their blows
Know the real meaning of strife

We cry about vacations and discomfort and aches
And swift boat and taxes and pay
About the winners and losers and the stakes
While the powers shout, it’s just a K

So as they come home, draped in the flag
In rectangular boxes of darkness
As those who never fought, start to brag
We all have to live with the madness

In math I was taught that numbers are power
From decimal to metric to binary
But the men who sit in their ivory tower
Are only concerned with the refinery

So the time has come in the fall of O-four
To send a message, the old fashion way
To send our voice, our words, our roar
To show them it’s NOT just a K