The Enemy's Lullaby

[Intro: two parents humming the same melody in different languages 🌙]

[Verse 1: Intimate Folk]
Across the border, someone
Tucked a child beneath a sheet.
They checked the darkened window
At the sound of distant feet.
They sang a little melody
About stars above the rain.
My mother sang its twin to me,
With different words and names.

[Chorus: Cinematic Folk-Rock]
The enemy sings lullabies.
The enemy grows old.
The enemy keeps photographs
And fears the coming cold.
A uniform can hide a life.
A flag can hide a face.
The enemy is human,
Even when we hate their state.

[Verse 2: Dueling percussion]
This truth does not erase
The cruelty people choose.
It does not make aggression
Something victims must excuse.
But if we strip their humanity,
We strip away our own.
Every war begins by teaching
That their children are not home.

[Genre Shift: Heavy Rock ⚡]
CALL THEM VERMIN!
CALL THEM MAD!
MAKE THE SLAUGHTER SOUND LESS BAD!
ERASE THE MOTHER!
HIDE THE SON!
TURN A MILLION INTO ONE!

[Break: lullaby returns]

[Bridge: duet]
I may resist your army.
I may stand against your law.
I may fight to guard the innocent
From everything I saw.
But hatred is a weapon
That survives the final shot.
If peace requires a future,
Humanity cannot be forgot.

[Final Chorus: Two choirs joining 🕊️]
The enemy sings lullabies.
So listen through the night.
Not to surrender justice,
But to keep its purpose right.
A lasting peace needs memory,
Accountability, and grace.
The enemy is human.
We must never lose that fact.

[Outro: two children breathing]
Different flags.

The same moon.