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Silent Army In The Trees
By Matthew Good
(Lyrics from Matt's upcoming album "Vancouver" set to be released during the first week of October 2009. Check out www.matthewgood.org for more about Matt and his upcoming album).

What will you find, where will you be
When youve got to trade for company
Those plastic guns and infantry
For a silent army in the trees
Well this aint the woods behind the house
There aint nobody screaming out
For you to come inside and eat
Youre just holding your friends and watching them bleed
Wore camouflage on Halloween
A plastic bag, an M-16
Door to door and house to house
But there aint nobody handing it out
Ya nothings even what it seems
When youre kicking in teeth and wishing it dreams
Just plastic guns and infantry
For a silent army in the trees

Well baby dont you let me down
A world away and still somehow
Cant shake the feeling that youre out
With another mans arms wrapped tight around you
At night its cold, we sit and freeze
Running red lights in our Humvees
Never thought Id live to see the day Id be
Afraid of little kids playing in the streets
Well this aint the woods behind the house
There aint nobody screaming out
For you to come inside and eat
Youre just holding your friends and watching them bleed

Im on fire
But all ice on the outside
That old man in the sky
Well hes all ice on the outside

A muted whale out in the streets
You watch the stage but burn the seats
Two metal legs to get along
You aint got much without one to stand on
Sometimes at night I hear it roll
A hundred cars long pulling out slow
Like the engineers inside my head
Cold and dark like your side of the bed
Ya nothings ever what it seems
And even if it is ends justify means
With plastic guns and infantry
For a silent army in the trees

Im on fire
But all ice on the outside
That old man in the sky
Well hes all ice on the outside