Lying Lips

Peace spoken from lying lips giving time to reload While the liar talks of peace, writing treaties so bold The empire stands in splendor before the first shots are fired But the lips can sell the deceit that only the liar desires The victim sees the smile and feels the pat on the back But a tongue may utter pretty words before the soldiers attack When the treaty is finally broken and a promise remembered not When lying lips have spoken and the words so soon forgot The silence, now is shattered and the best of the brave lie dead and innocent lives are broken and blood for power is shed The reason now falls mute for nations are caught in the grip Left to stand to judge the cost whispered by lying lips