RUSS RANKIN LYRICS

"Flesh And Bone"

It was 1984
And we'd been running out of wars to fight
A world gone mad with decency
And cobwebs down the armory
So bait the red, spread the fear
Post sentries cross our hemisphere
A testament to everyone
Then blow them all to kingdom come
They are brave and so naive
To think we'd ever give them something to believe
We spill their blood and strip their pride
Then say goodnight

Where have all the good men gone
What remains but empty songs
And a vacant chair, a stare salute
Now that daddy's gone away
They filled his head with stoic dreams
But things aren't always what they seem
Advising boys to play at war
Without a cause worth fighting for

So we pray and just let it go
The people we destroy are flesh and bone
So let it rain on the battlefield
Because proxy wars don't send their children home

So where's the logic to be found
Build nations up to tear them down
The profiteers who benefit
As no-bid contracts make them rich
We light the fuse, train the sense
Cloaked in national defense
America is always right
The blessed in our holy fight

So we pray and just let it go
The people we destroy are flesh and bone
So let it rain on the battlefield
Because proxy wars don't send their children home

With the letters we have written
And the bottles we have thrown against the wall
Has nothing changed at all
Resigned to our consumption
Decaying with our spectacle we pray

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