Fertile Crescent- Lyrics - Bad Religion

Come and see the brilliant light 

Don't let your emotions mask your sight 

It's the manifestation of a deeper fight 

That affects me and you 

My optimism was running high 

A new world order was on my mind 

But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say 

They're throwing it away 

And the fertile crescent is burning tonight and baby, my emotions are too 

The cradle of humanity has led us all astray 

And we're all in this together, don't you know 

'Cause our species has nowhere else to go 

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Aggression rears its ugly head 

Retaliation brings further dread 

The two are linked by unseen threads 

That wind back through time 

I don't agree with this outdated trend 

Nationalism is an evil friend 

But hatred is instilled by invisible lines 

Drawn in our minds 

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And the fertile crescent is haunting us today, and baby, our instincts are too 

The ghost of humanity is warning us this way 

And I think we all should heed it, don't you know 

'Cause we've got nowhere else to go