Thea Gilmore
Thea Gilmore - The War songtekst
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She took a walk Past rebels and boys who talk Raised up her hand and fought To bridge a divide And the screen ghosts moaned Flickered in every home The teeth of the times grew long And glittered with pride 'Cause the war It isn’t out there Like before It isn’t out there But they’ll show you the blood on the face of a child And they’ll sell you your heartbreak so perfectly styled And they’ll tell you to take your position and man the frontier But take a look at that box on your desk Take a look at that heart in your chest Take a look at those thoughts in your head The war’s already here From sea to sea GTA to MTV The language of absentees Is zeros and ones And Orlando aches The French Riviera shakes That avalanche overtakes The roar of the guns 'Cause the war It isn’t out there Like before It isn’t out there But they’ll show you the blood on the face of a child And they’ll sell you your heartbreak so perfectly styled And they’ll tell you to take your position and man the frontier But take a look at that box on your desk Take a look at that heart in your chest Take a look at those thoughts in your head The war’s already here It's so easy to hide Behind imagined Ironsides Nostalgic and misty eyed When the wolf’s at the door In the tide of hate Throw down the counterweight Tear up that flag and say You’re worthy of more 'Cause she took a walk Past rhetoric and empty talk Raised up her hand and fought To bridge a divide You can cut that stem But wild flowers grow again All you can do is just tend to them And know that you tried