The title character of Orson Scott Card's classic, Ender's Game, is a boy who never gets to have a childhood. 'Ender's Lullaby' is for him, and for everyone else who had to fight too early in life.
lyrics
Sweetheart, all your enemies are only in your mind
you wear a soldier's weapons
but I only see a child
dream on, there's no war here tonight
Every day since you were born has been another fight
they fill your hands with battle plans
when you want a valentine
dream on, there's no war here tonight
there's no war here tonight
just a friend with a light
Every word you ever heard was telling the same lie
but now you see with your own eyes
that it's beautiful outside
dream on, there's no war here tonight
by Carey Wallace
credits
from Songs About Books,
released June 28, 2011
Mark Wallace: violin
Carey Wallace: vocals, piano
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