...the devil's in the details...

war is an interesting type of hell because it has a devil on either side
where both opposing parties take pride in the amount that have died
and human life doesn't fit into the equation
these invasions aren't just a summation of body counts and property damage
if we can't manage this ravaged mindset, we're all fucking dead
in our hearts if not in practice
what we preach to our kids is that the other side is wrong
they're not really humans and they just don't belong on the face of the planet
damnit, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy
because hate breeds hate, I'm sorry to say

religious fervor and political boundaries only teach us to see other human beings as the enemy
and I'd love to break away from rhyming schemes but it seems like it's the only way to be heard
so listen up, folks: these goddamned arguments are absurd

how can a family have any dignity or pride while being Occupied?
and believe it or not, your freedom will be put on a waiting list if you don't agree that your rivals have a right to exist

if the Turks and Armenians can set aside their differences and mend broken fences, what's keeping the rest of you lot from coming together? I hear the Ottoman Empire was a real bastard out and out
they'd tear your tongue from your mouth for breathing a word of foreign prose
and the devil knows, the details are what sometimes keep us apart

but it's not too late to rectify the complaints of 1968
if we let go of our hate and bigotry and try to see
even our greatest enemies as human beings