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'' Who Fires First ''
' Who Fires First '
Throughout this war,
No-one asked, what for,
Those in power decided we'd fight,
After this there'd be no encore,
Their aim? To set the world right.
The Battle of the Somme,
Remembered with aplomb,
We do like to put on a gloss,
Whether they were killed by a gun or a bomb,
One million dead is a terrible loss.
With no-one to appease,
They used W.M.D.s
Chemical weapons were used as the norm,
The fact is everyone could kill as they please,
Human intelligence being so true to form.
Millions lie dead,
To their deaths they were led,
By those who asked for their trust,
Regardless of country to the lions they were fed,
Their deaths were both cruel and unjust.
When the battle was won,
All wars were done,
The world vowed, never again,
A short time later a new war begun,
From killing we refuse to refrain.
Peace in our time,
Sounds really sublime,
But the fact is wars are a curse,
Becoming more civilised should be classed as a crime,
As humans can we get any worse?
New weapons we invent,
For mass destruction they're meant,
For our past we show no contrition,
Why can't we admit that our morals are bent?
Are we scared to make that admission?
This we cannot deny,
It's truth not a lie,
If our warring ways we don't mend,
Life as we know it will all surely die,
Other life forms won't mourn our end.
The facts can't be dressed,
By now you'll have guessed,
For genocide we've developed a thirst,
Regardless of when that button is pressed,
It won't matter,
' Who Fires First '
Throughout this war,
No-one asked, what for,
Those in power decided we'd fight,
After this there'd be no encore,
Their aim? To set the world right.
The Battle of the Somme,
Remembered with aplomb,
We do like to put on a gloss,
Whether they were killed by a gun or a bomb,
One million dead is a terrible loss.
With no-one to appease,
They used W.M.D.s
Chemical weapons were used as the norm,
The fact is everyone could kill as they please,
Human intelligence being so true to form.
Millions lie dead,
To their deaths they were led,
By those who asked for their trust,
Regardless of country to the lions they were fed,
Their deaths were both cruel and unjust.
When the battle was won,
All wars were done,
The world vowed, never again,
A short time later a new war begun,
From killing we refuse to refrain.
Peace in our time,
Sounds really sublime,
But the fact is wars are a curse,
Becoming more civilised should be classed as a crime,
As humans can we get any worse?
New weapons we invent,
For mass destruction they're meant,
For our past we show no contrition,
Why can't we admit that our morals are bent?
Are we scared to make that admission?
This we cannot deny,
It's truth not a lie,
If our warring ways we don't mend,
Life as we know it will all surely die,
Other life forms won't mourn our end.
The facts can't be dressed,
By now you'll have guessed,
For genocide we've developed a thirst,
Regardless of when that button is pressed,
It won't matter,
' Who Fires First '
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`` Who Fires First ``
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