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The Holy City of Karbala Lyrics
Our story starts here with bloodshed on our hands
And the setting takes place in an oil infested land
As the raging fire, now begins to grow
A city becomes a victim and they don’t know
One nation, sold so high, it was built on a scandal, living a lie
One nation, destroying our sense, denying the message we have sent
One nation, sold so high, it was built on a scandal, living a lie
One nation, suffer under God, feeling the light from above
One nation…
Back to this putrid, sickening story,
With a country still lost, hunting for glory
Tanks on the ground, planes in the sky
We hear this disaster just before we…
And the setting takes place in an oil infested land
As the raging fire, now begins to grow
A city becomes a victim and they don’t know
One nation, sold so high, it was built on a scandal, living a lie
One nation, destroying our sense, denying the message we have sent
One nation, sold so high, it was built on a scandal, living a lie
One nation, suffer under God, feeling the light from above
One nation…
Back to this putrid, sickening story,
With a country still lost, hunting for glory
Tanks on the ground, planes in the sky
We hear this disaster just before we…
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This song is my jam.
I remember someone on Youtube getting all pissy about how they "casually threw Karbala into their song with no thought of the emotional pain associated with people hearing this music". It was ridiculous.