I Come and Stand at Every Door
This Mortal Coil Lyrics

I come and stand at every door
I am a child who died in Hiroshima and my ghost roams around every door to express my unspoken fear.

But no one hears my silent dread
Even though I knock at every door, nobody can hear me or perceive my fear because I'm nothing but a ghost.

I knock and yet remain unseen
Despite knocking at every door, I remain invisible to everyone because I am dead.

For I am dead, for I am dead
I keep telling myself that I am dead, as a reminder of my unending fear and sadness.

I'm only seven although I've died
I died when I was seven years old, and since then, I remain unchanged in age in the afterlife.

In Hiroshima long ago
I died in the tragic event of atomic bombing in Hiroshima many years ago.

I'm seven now as I was then
Even though my body turned to dust, my soul remains a seven-year-old child wandering around this world.

When children die they do not grow
Death of children means the end of their lives, dreams, and future growth.

My hair was scorched by swirling flame
The bombing has left me with a mark on my hair, scorched by the swirling flame that spread upon me.

My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind
The radiation of the bomb had a considerable impact on my eyesight, making me blind with time.

Death came and turned my bones to dust
The moment that death came upon me, my bones had crumbled and turned to dust, never to function again.

And that was scattered by the wind
The remains of my body, bones, flesh, and dust were dispersed by the wind of the aftermath of the bombing.

I need no fruit, I need no rice
As a ghost, I don't need food, nor anything that would sustain my physical body.

I need no sweet, nor even bread
Being dead and complete, I don't require anything to keep myself alive, nor anything that is meant for human sustenance.

I ask for nothing for myself
As a ghost of the Hiroshima bombing, I'm past the point of asking for or wanting anything for myself.

For I am dead, for I am dead
I always remind myself, and everyone who hears me, that I am dead, and nothing can be done about it.

All that I ask is that for peace
Rather than asking for something for myself, I ask for peace to prevail so that no other child has to suffer my fate.

You fight today, you fight today
I would like to implore and urge everyone who listens to me to fight for peace every day.

So that the children of this world
So that the children who have seen or will see the cruelties of wars can live and grow peacefully.

May live and grow, and laugh and play
So that the future generations of children can grow up in a world where they can live with freedom, joy, and happiness.