No Man's Land
OCAD Lyrics

Its a shame that the signs Say the brave wont survive
It is unfortunate that we are being informed that courage is useless.

Dig your grave and say goodbye To no man's land
Prepare yourself to be sent to a conflict zone.

The winter's getting colder And the summer's burning down our agriculture So what are we trying to save??
Our environment is changing for the worse, and we don't know what we're attempting to protect.

Bombs, March Bombs, March Bombs, March Bombs, March
The sounds of bombs make us march forward blindly into danger.

Imagine it being the crack of dawn Your ratchet drawn because of the sound of (BOMBS) Whatever it hit it's Got you questioning every little bit of your existence You look for assistance, but your the resistance You get scared sh! tless, 'cause you hear in the distance (BOMBS)
The unsettling thought of waking up to the sounds of bombs, triggers a dangerous fight or flight response.

Thers no time to cry First things first, i hope i survive (MARCH)
In the middle of a battle, there is no time for emotions, only the will to survive and continue marching forward.

They told me to stand up, fight for what my country believes But its all propaganda, so someone tell me what is the need And if im martyred then honor my father's last night 'Cause it pains me to say
We are asked to fight for our country, but it's just propaganda, and it's difficult to reconcile dying for something that may not have much meaning.

Imagine you woke up with no hope 'cause Your home was straight up blown up from (BOMBS) How would act if, the power that had you Just scour the atlas to devour the masses Was now into blasting Gun powder to trash Their own towers to ashes with (BOMBS)
The horror of waking up to your home being blown up by bombs changes everything in an instant. The people in power destroy everything in the world just to maintain control.

God i just hope this is, everything you want me to be Cause im heartless and emotionless, im everything they wanted from me But all i want is to be is human, but through this Ive been reporgrammed to aim and shoot its, 'cause They scream if we cry, but they sing when we die
The system creates soldiers who are unfeeling and robotic, but who long for their humanity to be reinstated. Unfortunately, they are expected to destroy their enemies and sacrifice themselves, and the powers-that-be only care about victory at any cost.

And as im getting older The system corrupts me to be a soldier So what am I trying to gain
As time goes on, the military industrial complex influences and corrupts soldiers and leads them to question their ultimate purpose.

What the F*ck are we fighting for? (What the F*ck are we fighting for?) Well someone needs to enlighten yall (Someone needs to enlighten yall) Priorities, have fallen we Have lost the thing, that forces people To pause and see that all of these little Fortune skeems are causing things to collapse
The song calls out for clarity about the underlying causes of war and the societal forces that feed into it, highlighting that our values and perspectives have been warped by manipulative tactics and our own greed.

And why the hell are we chasing something that manufactured When the damage that cant be matched that we caused, is damage we cant come back from Not to mention truthfully Who are to judge through scrutiny We built a system around human greed instead of building it around basic human needs Plus we're fighting over resources?
Why are we pursuing material possessions when we can't even repair the damage we have already inflicted? We have been making the wrong choices and prioritizing our self-interest over the well-being of humanity, and we continue to fight over limited resources.

Lets grow up and be adults this Dont make no sense, outlandish or not HELLO, this the only planet we got And im just trying to restart the future But yall got me feeling like Martin Luther But i just need half you guys to see that We got to react, 'cause i believe that Ne day, one day, one day, one day, I believe that, one day, one day, one day (we will be free) (repeat 2xs)
We need to grow up as a species and start thinking about the long-term consequences of our actions. We must stop this senseless fighting and look towards a brighter future where we all have the freedom to live in peace and harmony.

They scream if we cry But they sing when we die Welcome to the paradise of, No Man's Land
People in power don't care about our emotions until it's poured out on the battlefield. The song warns that war is a bleak reality for many people, and that we must recognize this fact to comprehend that alluring promises of glory and utopia from the military-industrial complex are hollow.