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Home is becoming a killing field
There's a crosshair locked on my heart
With no recourse
And there's no one behind the wheel
Hellfire wiping me out
Killed by...

Drones!
Drones!

You rule with lies and deceit
And the world is on your side
So you've got the CIA babe
All you've done is brutalise

Drones!

War, war just moved up a gear
I don't think I can handle the truth
I'm just a pawn
And we're all expendable
Incidentally electronically erased
By your....

Drones!
Drones!

You kill by remote control
And the world is on your side
You've got reapers and hawks babe
Now I am radicalised

Drones!

You rule with lies and deceit
And the world is on your side
You've got the CIA babe
All you've done is brutalize

You kill by remote control
The world is on your side
You've got reapers and hawks babe
Now I am radicalised

Here come the drones!
Here come the drones!
Here come the drones!

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niteflite01 On May 29, 2015

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by shepherdnick

11y ago

Clearly this is a song spoken from the point of view of an enemy of the west, be that an actual military personnel or a civilian who's caught up in conflict.

The "Reapers" are a reference to the MQ-9 drones that are used by the military, but also could be a metaphor for the Grim Reaper (the being that comes to collect you when you die). "Hawks" are also helicopters used by some military.

Radicalisation is a term used more and more recently surround the time of the song's release, especially in reference to young people moving from western societies to places of conflict in support of terrorism.

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by niteflite01

11y ago

This song is about not having any empathy at all.

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