How Long Lyrics

Gunther told me it would take one week
I knew for sure that he was lying 
How long 
Well I went to see my doctor 
Only she was crying twice as much as me 
How long 
They say suicide is painless 
But I'd like to disagree 
I've watched my country cut her veins 
I've seen her civilized o.d. 
And Thomas More he signals me 
With foreign wars and razor-blades 
All I can say is how long 
How long 
Forgive me this intrusion 
You're my only consolation 
As my people cry with me how long 
I don't mean to be exploitive 
But my God I know you're listening 
And I know that you are crying here with me 
When the vicar shot the stranger 
We assumed his good intentions
When the stranger shot 
We pronounced him dead 
There's a part of me that's empty 
When the world has stopped its shaking 
There's a part of me that wants it all to end