They woke you in the night
   a glare from bright headlights.
   Sentry's in a row,
   you watched them from a front window.
   Through sleepy eyes you saw the scene,
   and felt
   as if a dream...
   had come to life.
  
   Caught by surprise
   protection in disguise.
   A high barricade,
   the price too high to pay.
   The late-night dancers filled the street,
   and stopped
   as if a dream...
   had come to life
  
   A wail and a cry,
   blue lights flashing by
   In shadows of the trees,
   a zone runs in between.
   The young-boy soldiers filled the streets
   and moved
   as if a dream...
   had come to life.
  
   Can it be a nightmare?
   Will you wake and still be there?
   So you try to run,
   frightened you're the one
   left inside.