Moving Targets - Fish

Oily river, running deep, dirty water racing through the

City streets

Swollen gutters, summer storms, walking wounded stand

To in another dawn

Marching in silence one eye on the time one eye on the

Madness around them

They don’t know they’re blind

His mind on the trigger, he picks up a magazine

Exits the underground and enters the scene

And checks out the world and all the moving targets Adjusting his sights to

take in the moving targets

Locked and loaded, safety off, checks his bearings on the ground before taking

off

Middle distance, draws a bead, allowing a margin for error he takes a lead

He’s out in the open he’s out on his own, so far from his

Family, so far from his home

He came out of his hiding came out of the trees

He blew all his cover when he entered the killing fields

Only to find he’d become a moving target

He walked out in the world and became a moving target

Where the hunter is hunted, a moving target

Holding a breath still in his lungs, he steadies his hand on

The barrel of a loaded gun

His sights set on the world his heartbeat slows

His pulse marking the time he senses the pressure of the

Moment he clears his mind

He calmly delivers the bullet and recoils from the dream, of

Moving targets

Rolling numbers, rolling bones, lucky ladies he takes them

Out and takes them down

Collecting trophies, hunting game, no remorse as they’ve

Only got themselves to blame

Bleeding heart innocents running in herds, the weak and

The woeful get what they deserve

There’s no room for pity, no space for guilt, in this

Murderous city it’s kill or be killed

When you’re running the field you become a moving

Target

When you start making marks you become a moving

Target

You took your first step in the world and became a moving

Target

When you walk in the world you’re a moving target

Wandering shopping malls, moving targets, High school assembly halls,

moving targets, At fuel stops and parking lots, moving targets In high streets

and super marts, moving targets, There’s no place to hide!