War

Strangelight

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I was just thinkin about the war and that and remembered When The Wind Blows. Scary stuff

"Towers of Faith"

Ooooh, the lonely boys
In their towers of faith
Ooooh, the lonely boys
Locked in their towers of faith

The prophet reclined
In the Golan Heights

Ohhh, the lonely boys

He said "This land is my land"
To the Shiites

Ooooh, the lonely boys

And Jehova looked up from the sea of Galilee beneath
He said "I see you, you thief!
This land is my land
And this sand is my sand
And this band is my band"

Oh the lonely boys
Lookin' over their shoulder
Checkin out every boulder in the park
Where the gates are closed from hate
After dark

And the Pope rolled up in his armored van
He fell on his knees and kissed the land
He said something t
hat I did not understand
It was in polish
Then up stepped an aide, he said "I will translate
Here is what His Holiness said:
'I am the Chief Jesuit.
This land is Jesus' land.
And that is all
All that there is to it.'"

And in New York City
The business Jim in his mohair suit
In the world trade center
Puffs on his cheroot
And he said
"Well I don't care who owns the desert sands,
My brief
Is with the hydrocarbons underneath"

And the sea of battle rages around the ancient tombs
And mother nature licks her wounds
And the lonely boys locked in their towers of faith
Who are nervous in the park when the gates are closed after dark

Ooooh, the lonely boys
In their towers of faith
Ooooh, the lonely boys
Locked in their towers of faith

"Hilda's Dream"

Radio: "Radio Four, with the news at 1 o'clock this Thursday
lunchtime. The Prime Minister, speaking a few minutes ago in the
House of Commons, has warned that the international situation is
deteriorating rapidly and that war could break out at any time in
the
next two or three days."

Jim: "This is it! This is really it!"

Hilda: "I shouldn't worry too much, it'll probably all blow over."
 
I remember reading that "comic" a while ago. Damn dark it is. I really think it shows how naive people can be with their "it probably wont happen" attitude, and the consequences of that. But i guess some things will never change.
 
Well, the song is a good one, i like it, and fits the situation at the momentvery well.
I think you can see this "probably it won't happen" attitude (as you called it) in different ways. Human beings always need sth that raises hope. If this good or bad or naive, i dunno. And in many cases i hope these "naive" people will be right in the end, so maybe i'm naive too. But there's definitely a difference between people who think a war still can be averted, and people who long or hope that it will be averted lets say by a fortunate coincidence or sth, but are aware of the fact that the chance is like zero.

i dunno the comic btw, but the song is good
 
we watched the tragedy unfold
we did as we were told we bought and sold
it was the greatest show on earth..and then it was over

we oohed and aahed
we drover our racing cars
we ate our last few jars of caviar
and somewhere out in ther stars
a keen eyed lookout spied a flickering light
our last hurrah

and when they found our shadows
around the TV sets
they ran down every lead
they repeated every test
they checked out all the data on their list, and then
the alien anthropologists admitted they were still perplexed
but on eliminating every other reason for our sad demise
they logged the only explanation left
this species has amused itself to death


never did see when the wind blows. i"ll have to look for it
 
at least it has begun......

good morning Iraq

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Ha, thank you Dhatura, Arno, and ehh Mehdi :p
It's just crap that I'll remember me 18th birthday as "the day that Bush declared the big war"

Hey and don't forget Sandra!!! (LostLenore). It's her birthday as well.
 
Excellent!
But anyway, I've found some other lyrics!

[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Give us a reason for coming of war
Fighting for Jesus through prices of oil
See how your demons are forming a wall
Burning and beating and raping them all
[/font]
[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Reaching for something when nothing else matters
Buddha to Krishna through Jesus and Allah
See how your demons are forming a wall
Burning and beating and raping them all
[/font]
[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Far from here…we’ll light away
So unclear…we’ll find the way
To war…we ride
[/font]

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD "Aftermath"

Thanks to Devin Townsend...