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It overwhelms all opposition
It needs to grow or else it dies
What else is war but competition,
A profit-building exercise?
War isnât nice, you hope to shirk it
You hope youâll find someplace to hide.
But if youâve courage You can work it
And set a tidy sum aside
The refugees? Oh sure, Iâve seen âem
The thousands fleeing from the war
Theyâve not a scrap of bread between âem
I wonder what theyâre running for
Now spring has come and Winterâs dead
The snow has gone so draw a breath
Let Christian souls crawl out of their beds
Pull on their socks and conquer death
Sometimes thereâs luck, and always worry
The war goes on, and perseveres
For war is never in a hurry
And it can last a thousand years
The day of wrath will come like thunder
But who has time to make amends?
You march in line but never wonder
How it began and where it ends
Now spring has come and Winterâs dead
The snow has gone so draw a breath
Let Christian souls crawl out of their beds
Pull on their socks and conquer death
The world will end and time will cease
And while we live we buy and sell
And in our graves we shall find peace
Unless the war goes on in Hell
- Album:
- Look Out Machines
- Oh Pioneer
- The Silent World of Hector Mann
- I Never Thought This Day Would Come
- Miscellaneous
- Mother Courage And Her Children
- Little Revolutions
- Look Out Machines!
- I Never Thought This Day Would Come (Standard)
- I Never Thought This Day Would Come (eDeluxe)
- I Never Thought This Day Would Come (Standard UK Version)
- The Naked Sessions, Vol. 1
- Condition
- Under the Dark Cloth
- Songs from the Deep Forest (Bonus Track Version)
- Songs From the Deep Forest (Special Edition)
- Songs From the Deep Forest
- The Three EPs