Lyrics

there’s the hand that stirs the pot
there’s the other bound in chains
there’s the burning of the sun
there’s the cold sting of the rain

there’s the wreck that washed ashore
there’s the place they used to play
there’s the bombs nobody dropped
there’s the endless list of names

there’s the bullet in the chamber
there’s the tax we pay for hate
there’s the crowd of hungry strangers
there’s the journalists who stayed

there’s a show tonight in Tel Aviv
there’s a fireworks display
there’s a show of force in Rafah
there’s a soldier with the shakes

oh
do what you’re told
one day, you’ll say if only you had known
but you were warned, but you were shown
and now it worms deep into your soul

you’ll call for peace
but only for your own

there’ll be Seinfeld and John Lydon
Albonese and Joe Biden
cowards behind keyboards
cheaters, hypocrites and liars

all these figures, all these archetypes
reasoning with violence
feigning ignorance, and innocence
tolerance and rightness

oh
do what you’re told
one day, you’ll say if only you had known
but you were warned, but you were shown
and i hope it worms down deep into your soul

you’ll call for peace
but only for your own