"Blossom and Blood" Midnight Oil

And then there's...

"Blossom and Blood"
You the mothers who sent your sons
Wipe away your tears
For those who fought and those who fell
Become our sons as well
You the warriors with your words
Throw away your spears
You talk of times of peace for all
And then prepare for war
All people with dreams, all mothers with sons
All people with dreams ever woken at night by the sound of guns
Like a child that's born on a moonless night
Like a child that's born, we parachute down to an unknown fight
CHORUS
This city of blossom and blood
This city suffered more than it should
These sidewalk silhouettes not washed away, not washed away
Whatever you've done, whatever you think you've done, whatever you've done
There's a hope in the heart that says never again
Never again, whatever you say, whatever you say
It's the price of peace to remember that day
CHORUS

Hirst/Moginie

The track in question is a patchwork of thoughts about 'war' taking the famous and oft quoted words of Kemal Ataturk in relation to those who lost their lives fighting the Turks at or near Gallipoli and brings the imagery forward to the sidewalk silhouettes painted about the atom bomb in Hiroshima and the commeroration of Hiroshima Day in a sign of Hope that people might see it as never too late to step back from war as a solution to conflict!!