Deca - "War"

Nothing new, same old hustle and subterfuge Suffer through shockwaves we've grown accustomed to Up the views, more skewed coverage and buzzard food Trouble brews, and pundits fish in the blood that pools Nationwide they're harmonizing like the Four Tops Warhawks on Park Place and Boardwalk Crying out for scorched earth It's like we've been here before, charting each seismic shift with a pen ear to floor Our free and fair press every step beating bare chests Which three letter agency's inking their checks Safe and sound somewhere lost in the crowd But rays of light don't shine through white phosphorus clouds Fan the violent flames, ready the troops, fuel the furnace with Half truths and outright lies akin to urban myths If it bleeds it leads remove the tourniquet Fever pitch perfect fit for a circus it's, The age old hustle, the nature of the beast To say let's split the cake, then take another piece Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace No solace in the eye for eyeball their calling for You know the mantra well colonize call it yours Peak distortion reached, to each his portion of devil's pie Explore the depths and depressurize It's all there in plain sight clear as daylight, birds of prey on the world stage playing brave knights Inadequate words for lived loss and anguish, but they're cut from the same cloth they wash your brain with Strange it's lopsided nature never caught your eye Crying out but not for lives lost across divides Tax dollars not for butter but guns, It's not a tooth for a tooth it's five dozen for one It's brute force living under the thumb, stripped of pretense Reducing city blocks to ash in self defense Learn to love the bomb, act like nothing's wrong Dusk til Dawn snatching crumbs from your brother's palm If it detonates when all faith and trust is gone You won't have to turn your oven on to make duck l'orange The age old hustle, the nature of the beast To say let's split the cake, then take another piece Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace No solace in the eye for eyeball their calling for You know the mantra well colonize call it yours