Lords Of War Lyrics - Generation Doom - Otep

"With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God" 

More wars on foreign shores 

More names for us to mourn 

To misguide the misinformed 

To ignore the sick and poor 

Thus we praise the lords of war 

On our knees and beg for more 

A fresh poison for the weak 

Filthy little beasts 

Bred to conform 

It's the dwarfed souls of greedy men 

Feculent, arrogant 

That shackles our young to the cold concrete 

And empty their guns into bodies 

They scream "I'm not guilty" 

They scream "I'm not guilty" 

But cowards here are only what they fear 

Shout until the threat stops 

[Chorus:] 

I'd rather be in battle than at peace 

I'd rather be a wolf than a sheep 

I'd rather be in battle than slaughtered like cattle 

The weak can sleep while (scream) x2 

You were born to be led 

That's what religion says 

With a bifurcated tongue 

America eats its young 

Bullet-toothed, empty gods 

Paralyze the minds and contest the thoughts 

With devils everywhere 

Bombs bursting in the air 

Drones flown over thrones 

Of bone and brimstone 

Sabers rattle in the homes 

Of the cowards and the crones 

As they shackle our young 

Blood stains the streets 

Pigs empty their guns in their bodies 

They scream "I'm not guilty" 

They scream "I'm not guilty" 

But cowards here are only what they fear 

Shout until the threat stops 

[Chorus:] 

I'd rather be in battle than at peace 

I'd rather be a wolf than a sheep 

I'd rather be in battle than slaughtered like cattle 

The weak can sleep while (scream) (x2) 

Bow down to the lords of war 

On your knees for the lords of war 

(x2) 

We rise in defiance 

We won't remain silent 

To triumph over tyrants 

And police violence 

Shoot until the threat stop (x2) 

We're not guilty 

We're not 

We're not guilty 

We're not 

Help us God 

[Chorus:] 

I'd rather be in battle than at peace 

I'd rather be a wolf than a sheep 

I'd rather be in battle than slaughtered like cattle 

The weak can sleep while (scream) (x2) 

The lords of war 

On your knees for the lords of war 

Bow down to the lords of war 

What is so terrible about a child screaming? 

Why should it disturb us? 

Just because we happen to be there to hear it? 

What about the child who comes from an inadequate home, where he gets no encouragement from his parents, 

where he doesn't have enough to wear, he doesn't have enough to eat, he comes to school hungry... 

This beautiful, breathtaking...