War A war A war On the far side On the other side of the planet
And I've got War A war A war Right behind my eyes Right behind 'em just like a headache
* So I turn on the news Turn off the news
** Every second our collective heart breaks All together every single head shakes
Shut your eyes, but it won't go away Turn on, turn off, the news
Every second our collective heart breaks All together every single head shakes
Shut your eyes, but it won't go away Turn on, turn off, the news
Far I'm far So far From a front line Quite the opposite I'm safe inside
But I worry and I give money And I feel useless behind this computer
And that's just barely scratched the surface of my mind
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Exploitative Performative Informative And we don't know the half of it
Rhetorical Deplorable Historical And all along we called it normal
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