Resist War Lyrics

I will resist war 
I will not be seduced by hate 
I'll live in service 
the only enemy is my own heart 
should I decide too late 
to challenge the very name 
for what is war 
but rich spending poor inside a game 

it's not just the bullets 
it's more than cannons in a field 
it's the brutal fabric 
sewn by every crooked deal 
and the loose threads of justice 
pulled for this contest we are in 
for what is life 
if it takes them to die for us to win 

are you listening? 
there is a prophet in our midst 
it is the corpse 
a dead hand curled into a fist
will you ignore 
the timeless story of the name 
of what war is 
and how it all turns out the same 

oh truth--what's to be done? 
they've made a liar of everyone 

and every tyrant 
is built a dollar at a time 
so here's your hitler-- 
standing on nickles and on dimes 
oh the crimes 
being done everyday 
and nothing's changing 
it's all perpetuating hate 

one more lie 
one more battle 
one more grave 
war without end 
and if the willing and the brave 
and the deaths of millions 
has promised no relief 
then i take my life 
and place it on the side of peace. 
© b-music, 2003