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The white dove is always covered in blood The olive branch is laced in thallium The broken gun is used as a dagger And the paper crane is burning in the fire The sins of the master washed by the blood of the servant And the martyr’s leave orphans with the monsters The children who die are a fuel to the fire If you want peace you bow to the power If we didn’t want peace so much We could then love each other

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