7. on war
it has been said that freedom ain’t cheap
it’s been said we are inescapably free
all I know, I gotta quit smoking them smokes
freedom ain't a thing that I can be sold
so come on you jingonauts
with your heads down in the cloud
look at the cost of putting it off
why aren’t we coming around, we
need to find common ground
if you want war to finish
you cannot consent to it
if you want war done
they have to know that's what you want
is that what you want
it's a whole lot of people put in the ground
so we can be clowning around
a mess of souls cut down
so you can watch me watching you clown
it has been said that god is dead
it’s been said god cannot die
all I know is I don’t know what I don’t know
and neither do you so
love one another and grow, no?
come on you goddamn patriots
you lay too many bodies down
but if you got the right stuff
there's never need for boots on the ground
come on you sick old nationalist
it's time to ditch the imperial crown
if it takes the stuff you’ve got
it’s time to put it down
this is common ground
if we want war to finish
we cannot consent to it
if you want war done
they have to know that's what you want
is that what you want?
there's no need for violence now
they will take it and turn it around
need a gathering, not a crowd
this is our common ground