Bring the War Home

I threw my useless life

Into their wars and riots

For the ideal

To serve the ones I love

Yet, all too soon

No recognition for

My pointless sacrifice

And far too late I saw

I left my home defenceless

This world's a slaughterhouse

And men like me are not the butchers

I brought justice to no-one

But there was no doubt

It always stands to reason

Protect the just

Conquer the felons

Returned

Wounded and broken

But I never left

These barren fields

And now I understand

There is no war to end all wars

Take it from me

Drowning your honest love

In mindless violence

I bring the war home

Still raging within me

All too soon

These children lost their fathers

And far too late I saw

That not for them I fought

The gods of profit

Led me into

Their battles

I never brought security

To those I wanted to protect

Feeding the machine

And staining this world

With blood instead

And only now I understand

There is no war to end all wars

Take it from me

Drowning your honest love

In mindless violence

I bring the war home

Still raging within me

Still raging within me

Take it from me

You'll carry the war home

I brought justice

To no one

Now, they spit me in the face

I did not recognize

The real offenders

And now I understand

There is no war to end all wars

Take it from me

Drowning your honest love

In mindless violence

I bring the war home

Still raging within me

We brought affliction to the masses

And splendour to a few

We are aggressors, no defenders

No defenders