I am willing to fight for peace.
Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war."
~Albert Einstein
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Standing ground beneath the flag painted over red and black
No matter what they started, they always coat it the same
A military monolith behind a facade of peacemaking
And you're mistaking when the war integrates into the game.
Fallen ones, broken nations tryna justify their weapons
Omnipresent tensions then; now, soldiers suppressing shame
Be it gods or ideals or any other striking appeal,
You can count on force in the end to remember their names
For the blood, the broken, the innocent scarred
Are inherent in the backbone of the Devil's bloody plane
In eyes shut and filled with death as the Reaper descended,
Corpses untended and left to rot with history inhumane;
They say it's right, say that the ends dismiss the means
But it's not clean and the sky reflects all this cursed pain
So step back, the soldiers must perpetuate the fight
Since justice served is done at the expense of the sane
Goodbye to the veil floating over our heads
Opening our eyes, we see the truth instead
Across the battle field, the people singing,
"Save our souls and cut the strings!"
"Save our souls and cut the strings!"
And the walls will all
fall down
Tearing through that
reddened gown
I recall when they promised a land, a peaceful oasis
The deceptive light shining down on our hopes and dreams
But we never made it, never reached our little fantasy
Because in reality, they believed we had to listen to the screams
Of the innocent shattered bullet by bullet, toiling like ants
To support an asinine regime hidden underneath the seams
The break of dawn illuminates all these boarded windows
From the survivors of war, bloodshed, and surreal death beams
And all the people beg for mercy from these false political gods
The game's no longer prosper or peace, only peaking with green
So deep in false desires that hanging by a thread, the military
Charges forth blindly to protect the big kids' toys and screens
And all you people saying you've got no worries or doubts
Are severely unaware of the eye of the storm unclean
For rebellion arisen will cause worlds to crumble to dust
Welcome to humanity, you can say, ever so stupidly keen
On war
On war
On war
ON WAR!!
Goodbye to the veil floating over our heads
Opening our eyes, we see the truth instead
Across the battle field, the people singing,
"Save our souls and cut the strings!"
"Save our souls and cut the strings!"
And the walls will all
fall down
Tearing through that
reddened gown
After the bombs and bullets subside, we'll pray
That we'll see much brighter days
But attesting to the stones we throw at each other, well,
We need something more than a god
'Cause only humanity can save itself now.
'Cause only humanity can save itself now.
Oh, little village in no man's land,
Did you see the bombs fall across the sea?
The sad ones kicking, screaming, shouting,
And everyone's alone.
Mommy, when will the gunshots stop?
