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War Is Kind Lyrics
Mother you saw my eyes
On the fourth of July
Under a banner of roman candles
Mother war is kind
Of like hell but I am fine
Brother have you gone west
Have you followed through once yet
You are still younger how dare you forget
Brother war is best
In the morning when you’ve had rest
Like a lost dog between houses
In the unknown open country
Line up at dawn to see who’s missing
My age is a metaphor
It only speaks of everything before
Daughter you wear my name
Those are my eyes keep ’em raised
I may have scars but I give more than I take
Daughter war is safe
Where you are far away
Lover are you gone
My heart has taken too much on
One octave lower than thunder it drums
Lover war is done
In more ways than just one
Like a lost dog between houses
In the unknown open country
Like an outlaw now standing
At the foot of infinity
The sun is wild
And just in front of me
On the fourth of July
Under a banner of roman candles
Mother war is kind
Of like hell but I am fine
Brother have you gone west
Have you followed through once yet
You are still younger how dare you forget
Brother war is best
In the morning when you’ve had rest
In the unknown open country
Line up at dawn to see who’s missing
My age is a metaphor
It only speaks of everything before
Those are my eyes keep ’em raised
I may have scars but I give more than I take
Daughter war is safe
Where you are far away
Lover are you gone
My heart has taken too much on
One octave lower than thunder it drums
Lover war is done
In more ways than just one
In the unknown open country
Like an outlaw now standing
At the foot of infinity
The sun is wild
And just in front of me
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There's a poem called "War is Kind" by Stephen Crane. I'm sure that's where he got the line from. But where Crane's is in third and second person and very impersonal, Dylan's is in first person. It's much more personal and softer here. Both are sort of apostrophes in a way.