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The puppeteer of propaganda
Strikes again
And sells the citizens
A lust for death
In the name of nationalism
And the pride of acting tough
The blood is shed
Upon the ground
Because their minds have not
Evolved enough

You wrap the flag and wear it
Like a social womb
And chastise those
Who don’t agree with you
As the bloodlust reaches fever pitch
You’ll sloganeer some more
No longer care or recollect
The reasons that your nation’s fighting for

A country’s ego
Is the sum of its intent
I’d hope the lives and money
Would be spent
On improvement of the common good
And quality of life
But more often than not
It builds up armies
Just to slaughter and divide

The ways to solve the problem
When it’s waging war
Is just the lower animal’s way to go
It’s much easier than dialogue
Diplomacy takes time
In the instant world they live in
They must stick to faster ways
Of changing minds

A convenient tyrant
Always helps the cause
Although the conquerors
Can be much worse
With the promise of democracy
Of course it’s for a price
Though freedom is the selling point
Their profit is the genuine device

Civilizations kill themselves after a time
The greed leads to eventual suicide
With the ache for power taking over
Like a deadly drug
The addicts do not know
Or really care about
What they are dying of

The ones who gain true wisdom
Tend to see the signs
When their world loses
Its collective mind
And the time is coming soon
When we will see this for ourselves
The foundation’s going to crumble
And the structure will collapse
Upon itself

And from the ashes
Of destructed humankind
The phoenix of the higher mind
Will rise
And the hope is then renewed
To see the chance of better ways
To resolve the conflicts
And to end the savage tactics
Of the darker days

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from Just Another Pigeon, released October 7, 2003
Lyrics/Music M. Psycho © 2003 Black Hole Media Co. All Rights Reserved.

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