Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Kill them all.
Kill the women.
Kill the children first.
Get your men in and pull the bodies out.
Now get your bankers in.
One for the money.
Two for the money.
Three for the money.
Four for the the people who are dying.
Send the babies in.
They'll be dropping like flies.
You can call it prosperity or call it what you like.
Say the numbers make the death tolls look too high,
but there's two things that never change, even if you try.
And that's, your shit still stinks... and the numbers don't lie.
So we all just Dance to the rhythm of the war.
How can the world stand still when the drums keep drilling,
and the horns keep screaming?
How can we keep the beast from marching,
while the hearts and minds are dreaming?
How can we have peace,
when all the people aren't at peace within,
when all we hear is the rhythm of war?
So we all just Dance to the rhythm of the war.
How can we have peace and war?
Kill the women.
Kill the children first.
Get your men in and pull the bodies out.
Now get your bankers in.
One for the money.
Two for the money.
Three for the money.
Four for the the people who are dying.
Send the babies in.
They'll be dropping like flies.
You can call it prosperity or call it what you like.
Say the numbers make the death tolls look too high,
but there's two things that never change, even if you try.
And that's, your shit still stinks... and the numbers don't lie.
So we all just Dance to the rhythm of the war.
How can the world stand still when the drums keep drilling,
and the horns keep screaming?
How can we keep the beast from marching,
while the hearts and minds are dreaming?
How can we have peace,
when all the people aren't at peace within,
when all we hear is the rhythm of war?
So we all just Dance to the rhythm of the war.
How can we have peace and war?
Lyrics submitted by Psychonomaly
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Kill em all
kill the wo..men
kill the children [x2]
first
get your men in
and pull the body's out [x2]
get your beggars in
1 for the money
2 for the money
3 for the money
4 for the people who are dying
send the babies in
drop them like fly's [x2]
you can call the prosperity
call it what you like
say the numbers make the death tolls look to high
two things are never change
even if you try
shits still stinks and the numbers dont lie
dance to the war
dance to the war to the [x5]
dance to the rhythm of the war
dance to the war
dance to the war to the [x2]
dance to the rhythm of the war
how can the world stand still
when the drums keeps drilling
and the hearts keep screaming
how can we keep the beasts
from our to our hearts and minds are dreaming
how can we have peace
if all the people
wont have peace with them
when all we hear is rhythm of war...
dance to the war
dance to the war to the [x5]
dance to the rhythm of the war
dance to the war
dance to the war to the [x2]
tooie [x3]
Kill em all
kill the wo..men
kill the children [x2]
first
get your men in
and pull the body's out [x2]
get your beggars in
1 for the money
2 for the money
3 for the money
4 for the people who are dying
send the babies in
drop them like fly's [x2]
you can call the prosperity
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say the numbers make the death tolls look to high
two things are never change
even if you try
shits still stinks and the numbers dont lie
dance to the war
dance to the war to the [x5]
dance to the rhythm of the war
dance to the war
dance to the war to the [x5]
dance to the rhythm of the war
we're dance to the rhythm of the war [x2]
dance to the rhythm of the war
war....