Let Them Eat War...

[driver8]

I posted this in GD but thought I would post it here, too. On this Labor Day, it just seems appropriate.

These lyrics are from the band, Bad Religion.


"Let Them Eat War"

there's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner
with long division and a riding crop
anybody can feel like a winner
when it's served up piping hot

but the people aren't looking for a handout
they're America's working corps
can this be what they voted for?

let them eat war
that's how to ration the poor
let them eat war

there's an urgent need to feed
declining pride

from the force to the union shops
the war economy is making new jobs
but the people who benefit most
are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts

who never stole from the rich to give to the poor
all they ever gave to them was a war
and a foreign enemy to deplore

let them eat war
that's how to ration the poor
let them eat war

there's an urgent need to feed
declining pride

we've got to kill 'em and eat 'em
before they reach for their checks
squeeze some blue collars
let them bleed from their necks
seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
cause it's freedom or debt and they won't question it
at a job site the boss is god like
conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
seasoned vets with their feet in nets
a stones throw away from a rock fight
but not tonight, feed ‘em death

here comes another ration (feed them death)
cause they're the finest in the nation (feed them death)
when there's nothing left to feed them
when it's freedom or it's death

let them eat war
that's how to ration the poor
let them eat war

there's an urgent need to feed

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. food for thought...

...even if it isn't Labor Day anymore. :hi:

[ZombieNixon]

2. This is one of my all-time favorite songs.

I listened to it practically non-stop during the '04 election season. :D

[tigereye]

3. I love those guys

good, thoughtful lyrics delivered at breakneck speed.

[Mojambo]

4. Really, really good album

That was definitely my favorite track, although Empire Strikes First was pretty good as well.

[buddhamama]

5. love `em

There's people out there that say I'm no good,
'Cause I don't believe the things that I should,
And when the final conflict comes, I'll be so sorry I did wrong,
And hope and pray that our lord god will think I'm good.

Countries manufacture bombs and guns
To kill your brother for something that he hasn't even done.
Smog is ruining my lungs, but they aren't sorry they've done wrong,
They hide behind their lies that they're helping everyone.

In the end the good will go to heaven up above,
The bad will perish in the depths of hell.
How can hell be any worse when life alone is such a curse?

Fuck Armageddon, this is hell

We're living in the denoument of the battle's gripping awe,
So what's the use of being good to satisfy them all?

How could hell be any worse? Life alone is such a curse!
Fuck Armageddon, this is hell