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I Bury the Living Lyrics
A wretched outcast with no point of view
What could I do, just military servants
I carry out the powerful vulgarian view
I scatter glue, do as I say or I'll scatter you
Oh no no no no no no
You can't blame me
I'm just an innocent soldier
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier no
No no no no
You can't blame me
I'm just an innocent soldier
Give me an order, I'll blow up a border
Give me an order I'll blow up your daughter
Call me brave, call me a peacemaking hero
Call me anything, except what I am
From a class without I haven't a clue
What the war is about
I haven't got a clue, have you?
Oh no no no
You can't blame me
I'm just an innocent soldier
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier no
No no no no
You can't blame me
After all I'm just honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Duty done by the moment at hand
I'm answerable only to Jesus
And with the grace of God I will die in my own bed
If you wonder what's in my head
It's just the hatred for all human life
When I lose mine, my mother will say
He died doing the job he loved
But I died with a bullet to the foreheard
That wasn't the job I loved
That wasn't the job I loved
That wasn't the job I loved
Funny how the war goes on
Without our John
Without our John
It's funny how the war goes on
Without our John
Without our John
La la la la la
Funny how the war goes on
Without our John
Without our John
It's funny how the war goes on
Without John
Without our John
La la la la la
What could I do, just military servants
I carry out the powerful vulgarian view
I scatter glue, do as I say or I'll scatter you
You can't blame me
I'm just an innocent soldier
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier no
No no no no
You can't blame me
I'm just an innocent soldier
Give me an order, I'll blow up a border
Give me an order I'll blow up your daughter
Call me anything, except what I am
From a class without I haven't a clue
What the war is about
I haven't got a clue, have you?
You can't blame me
I'm just an innocent soldier
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier no
No no no no
You can't blame me
After all I'm just honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
Honour mad cannon fodder
I'm answerable only to Jesus
And with the grace of God I will die in my own bed
If you wonder what's in my head
It's just the hatred for all human life
When I lose mine, my mother will say
He died doing the job he loved
But I died with a bullet to the foreheard
That wasn't the job I loved
That wasn't the job I loved
That wasn't the job I loved
Without our John
Without our John
It's funny how the war goes on
Without our John
Without our John
La la la la la
Without our John
Without our John
It's funny how the war goes on
Without John
Without our John
La la la la la
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A great synopsis here of how it comes to be that we have armies in the 21st century, how they are made up, how they have come to be compliant to the role, how they can be used nefariously and unknowingly, how they are abused and how it affects even the personal relationships of the individuals in question. An incredible , what, 40 line condensing of a stupendously complex aspect of modern day life we - pretty much all - would like to be able to live without.
I think it's about the culpability and mental derangement of the soldier who plays innocent, but admits to the "duty done" and "a hatred of all human life." Bravo.