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War Or Peace

by Dischord

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1.
War 01:16
War I'm writing this from hell to say That they forgot you in all but name And I don't want to be the one to tell you You fought your war in vain But the symbols of horror and pain Are re-appropriated for your enemies gain All the while your memory Slowly fades They'll use your face as a campaign To send children to an early grave Steal your medals for their brand To send us back to no man's land
2.
Red Poppies (free) 03:44
Red Poppies You can't save the soldiers Who died in 1917 But with a canteen full of hate You can desecrate their legacy Shedding blood for oil You guaranteed your place in hell Pulling the triggers for the rich In the wars the rich won't fight for themselves And you can wave their flags And you can dance their dance But there's no help for heroes They're still rotting in France And you can sound the horns At the cadets parade But they're following footsteps To an unmarked grave Rotting and forgotten In an unmarked grave And you can fight for England And say you killed for your country But you'll die for a German Queen And an all American currency Dropping bombs on schools You guaranteed your place in hell Killing children for the crown In the wars the crown don't care about 'I was born in this town But I was made a monster Dehumanised. Radicalised Taught to kill without compromise So pack up your troubles In your old kit bag But they won't support you When you come back.'
3.
Vinegar Tom 03:12
Vinegar Tom Here they come with their pitch forks Here they come with their clubs 'We're gonna smash up the past 'Cause it feels good' Here they come like progression Here they come like disgust 'We're gonna take something pure And reduce it to dust' 'Bring out the nonbelievers The time has come Sacrifice the scapegoat We need to blame someone' Here they come scratching records Here they come burning books 'We're gonna tear up the truth 'Cause it feels good' Here they come like salvation Here they come like disgust We are the merchants of death Dealing war like a drug Burn that witch. That witch has to burn.
4.
Another New Messiah The men are at war with the women The rich are at war with the poor The black, the white, they all want a fight And their bodies are piling up at my door Hey, hey, another day Another new Messiah They will love you and all you say And then they'll crucify you Hey, hey, another day Another funeral pyre Will erase our yesterdays As soon as we light the fire The headlines are at war with the readers The left are at war with the right We're all extreme when we say what we mean And our battles rage every night This is not the third world war We don't count them anymore. The parents are at war with the future Their kids are at war with the past Lessons unlearned in our grave new world Where each prophet is the same as the last
5.
Summer Fate 01:19
Summer Fate The flowers for the brave Can't mask the scent of the decay Our hero can't escape his summer fate They're marching in berets as the brass band play But there's blood on the bunting and the cake Pipers and pallbearers Bewitch us and persuade us That there's life in the old lie yet Future soldiers smile and wave every gala day Stop the band. There's blood on your fete.
6.
Red is the Colour Red is the colour of the box on the green Just like the cross on the flag at sea I've got the gentlest hands, And the sweetest smile, I love the ground, Whereon they lie. Red is the colour of buses and trams, Post-boxes line an idealised land I've got the sharpest bones, And the cruellest eyes, I love the ground, Whereon they die I love death, and well they know I love the ground where poppies grow I know the day, it soon will come, When they and I can be as one. At the graveside, I smile with glee, Satisfied, I will always be, I conjure a cause, just a few short lines, And they suffer death, a thousand times. Red is the colour that brings them to me Their blood and their souls, they gave for free The perfect corpse is a call to arms I love the ground, whereon young men march Red is the colour of the petals they wear, I whisper lies that all is fair They called me pride, but my name is war I love the ground, Whereon they fall.
7.
Peace 01:57
Peace I'm writing this from Hell to say We're gonna learn from their mistakes I'm gonna wear your pain with pride And try to love everyone I hate We'll take the symbols of horror and pain And say: Never again.
8.
White Feathers Sick with hate In the city of love tonight Blackpool tower's burning Red, Blue and White If we know what's wrong And we know we're right Why do we become the things we fight? There's a riot in my mind And a riot on the streets We reel from horror Then we bay for more There's violence in my heart And violence in the East We cheer the body count Like a football score Peace or war? War or Peace? I want to fight And spit forth disdain But every trait that I despise Festers in my brain If we don't forgive Then we're stuck here in hell The fight to overcome Is a battle with yourself There's hatred in my soul For all my enemies Shell-shocked in stalemate Now and evermore Peace or war? War or Peace? And here comes Emeine Pankhurst Waving white feathers in my face But we have reclaimed The tools of recruitment and shame
9.
Shellshocked 02:46
Shellshocked Off with their heads. Off with their heads. The hydra is alive, but the king is dead My name is Myra Hindley My name is Annelis Marie Frank I am the sins of humanity Stitched together in the shape of a man My name is Adolf Hitler My name is Jesus Christ I am made of the dust Of a million previous lives My name is genocide My name is love I'm everything that never was And everything that could I'm having a nightmare I'm stuck in a terrible dream I severed all the monstrous necks But the final head was me Burn that which has to burn
10.
Battlefield 02:16
Battlefield Money is a lie Credit is a lie Royalty a lie Religion is just an idea Countries are a lie Politics a lie Borders are a lie Immigration is just an idea The headlines are a lie Property a lie Adverts sell a lie Possessions all transitory Love is not a lie Freedom is a right Infinite in might Every human is born equal and free You can dress it up in isms You can hide in ideology But there is only one war The war against all humanity You can wrap it in a flag You can call it nationality But there is only one war The war against all humanity 'The Devil wore a crucifix "The Christians, they are right Let's burn a heretic tonight." The crescent star or swastika The Devil doesn't care Whenever there's a lynching The Devil will be there He'll beat the drums in The Middle East He'll beat then in The West He'll beat the drums for anyone And holy war is best'
11.
Victory Gin 03:33
Victory Gin The air conditioning is so welcoming Half-price. Pesticides. Nice and Clean. The central heating is so comforting Strip lights. Cash machines and caffeine. I know where everything in my town is I know where everything in my town is They want to sedate me To subjugate me 24/7 and convenient Sanitised. Coropratised and meaningless And I get so scared When I'm out of my comfort zone In the arms of fluorescent lights I know I'm not alone
12.
Love (free) 03:15
Love I love the government I love the monarchy Because I want to be everything they're not And they've got no love for me I love the terrorists I love the military Because they want to fight and they want to kill But I want to live in peace These are the hardest words And I choke as I say them "I love you And I forgave them." I love the racists An amnesty with bigotry 'Cause they want to die in ignorance And I want to be free I love the clergymen I love the homophobes I am the antithesis Of everything I don't condone They call me blind But my name is peace I am the silence When the guns have ceased.

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released August 30, 2016

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