Mostly Children

This track was born from a real headline: The victims: 175 dead, the majority of whom were children in school. The lyrics weave in verified details — 175 killed, mostly children; Victims were students in a school; Morning session, children were in class. Majik delivers the report through indie-folk, letting the data hit as hard as the beat. Lines like "They were sitting at their desks that day" anchor the track in specifics that generic coverage misses. The mood — mournful, quiet, personal — reflects the emotional reality behind the numbers. Every Majik's Studio news track exists to make you feel the story, not just read it.

[verse 1] The reports all say the same two words, mostly children, mostly children, one hundred seventy-five were lost and most of them were children. They were sitting at their desks that day in Minab, Hormozgan province, morning lessons just beginning, notebooks open, pencils moving. How many classrooms in that school? How many teachers called the roll? How many backpacks by the door will never be picked up anymore? One hundred seventy-five is the official count, but mostly children is the phrase that every single headline carries, mostly children, end of days. [chorus] Mostly children, mostly children, that's what every report said. Mostly children, mostly children, one hundred seventy-five are dead. Mostly children, mostly children, learning words they'd never read. Mostly children, mostly children, remember what the numbers said. [verse 2] A school is where you learn to count, to read, to write your name, a school is not a military target, a school is not a battlefield campaign. These were students, sons and daughters, Minab's next generation gone, the largest child casualty event this war has ever drawn. Every desk inside that building held a life that had a plan, every chair beside a window held a future that began. But the coordinates were entered and the payload was released, and the morning class in Minab was the last class, was the least. [chorus] Mostly children, mostly children, that's what every report said. Mostly children, mostly children, one hundred seventy-five are dead. Mostly children, mostly children, learning words they'd never read. Mostly children, mostly children, remember what the numbers said. [bridge] You can read the Pentagon's memo, you can scan the briefing page, but two words sit in every column, two words no official can upstage: mostly children. That's the fact that rises past the policy, mostly children is the truth that outlasts every apology. [chorus] Mostly children, mostly children, that's what every report said. Mostly children, mostly children, one hundred seventy-five are dead. Mostly children, mostly children, learning words they'd never read. Mostly children, mostly children, remember what the numbers said. [outro] Mostly children. Mostly children. Minab. March tenth. Mostly children.