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There's Nothing Like a War

God bless you politicians who refuse to communicate,
defeat at diplomacy is the victory I await.
Peace is just a lull to replenish ammunition stores 
and to pacify a people there’s nothing like a war.

Who needs castrated carnivores and peaceful serenades,
to quell a confrontation you need bullets and grenades.
Just give me slimy politicians, their pockets filled with graft,
and an inclination to divide the world in half.

Fire up  hostilities, organize assaults
and engineer it always as the other party’s fault. 
Utilize third parties to agitate the peace
and you’ll make a decent living dealing in deceased.

There’s profit in munitions, keep that market hot
and you‘ll make a fortune while the bodies rot.
Peace is just a lull to replenish ammunition stores.
And to pacify a people there’s nothing like a war.

Conflict is the agreement that you disagree
with peace as the solution to subdue hostilities.
Peace is just a lull to replenish ammunition stores.
And to pacify a people there’s nothing like a war.

Now there’s nothing that I know of that can quickly calm
the passions of resistance much faster than napalm.
Just bathe the opposition in that jelly bomb
then revel in the screams while they’re crying for their moms.

And while the elevation on artillery is set
we’ll discuss the finer points of landmine etiquette.
We’ll get real close and comfortable while fixing bayonets,
go out among the wounded and stab them all to death.

I know this is the reason why God has put me here—
to pacify the planet and rid it of its fears.
Peace is just a lull to replenish ammunition stores.                     
And to pacify a people there’s nothing like a war.

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