Waterboys Lyrics

Album: Unknown

A Pagan Place Lyrics

Music: White, Keyser

Lyrics: White

There's a man of conviction who's all too ready for war

There's a man with a number who cannot commit murder

And a fallen idea soon becomes suicide

Fallen by a decision made without reason

We soon see that war is much too real

We soon find that reality is war

War of the senses, war of emotion

We soon fail to realize - or do we realize too soon?

An idea is fallen

A face frozen with fear

We sacrifice unity

We sacrifice safety

By agreement we fail

So by murder we swear

By a bitter mentality

The onset of war

Is the fall of reason ...

War - dehumanized

War - we are fighting machines

War - attack by command

War - we fall for no reason

War - what am I fighting for?

War - what am I killing for?

War - what am I dying for?

War - why am I dying?

For a government of deception

For a country run by madmen

For the wealth of tyranny

For the safety of those who condemn

The fall of reason

Is the end of existence

The fall of reason

Is the end of existence

Is the end ...