Jesse Welles Lyrics
The heroism of war is a lie.
It's not the bravest who fight,
but those who have no other choice.
It's not the noble who die,
but those who are the
least equipped to avoid death.
The glory of war is a mask put on to cover the
despair of a people without hope.
War is the manifestation of
a society that's lost its meaning.
Every life is disposable
for a national or political ideal.
When the rich wage war,
it is the poor that die.
The sacrifice is always made by those
who have the least to gain.
War is sold to the public as a necessary evil.
The powerful and the rich paint it
as a moral crusade,
but the crusaders are the poor
and the disenfranchised.
This war will be a war of fear.
It has been purposed thusly.
People let it in slowly like a kind of ecstasy.
They believe in it like they
believe in chiromancy and fortunetelling.
They believe in it like they
believe in anything that releases them
from the forging of their own destiny.
Men love their fear.
It reconciles them with themselves.
Men get the war they deserve.
