As It Was, As It Soon Shall Be Lyrics - Exodus

We didnt pay attention 

to lessons learned in the past 

Soon the sands in the desert 

will melt from the atomic blast 

Mesopotamias ground zero 

for the coming of world war 

Thousands die in the sand 

And I still dont understand what for 

[Chorus:] 

As it was, as it soon shall be 

Were teetering on the brink 

of a world war III 

A repetition of history 

as you soon shall see 

As it was, as it soon shall be 

[Solo: Gary] 

War mongering leader of ours 

waves the flag of democracy 

Sending our men out to die 

in the name of bureaucracy 

The oil fields of Iraq 

are overflowing with blood 

Another man dies but the lies 

rain down like a flood 

[Chorus] 

[Solo: Lee] 

No weapons of mass destruction 

no threat to me 

Just one mans agenda for war, 

not a land of the free 

I never gave a shit 

about the Middle East 

But now we lie in the bed that weve 

made, start the atomic feast 

[Chorus]