Otep - Lords of War lyrics

With confidence in our armed forces
With the unbounding determination of our
People, we will gain the inevitable
Triumph so help us, god

More wars on foreign shores
More names for us to mourn
To misguide the misinformed
To ignore the sick and poor
Thus, we praise the lords of war
On our knees and beg for more
A fresh poison for the weak
Filthy little beasts bred to conform
It's the dwarfed souls of greedy men
Feculent, arrogant
That shackles our young to the cold concrete
And empty their guns into bodies

They scream "I'm not guilty"
They scream "I'm not guilty"
But cowards here are only what they fear
Shoot until the threat stops

I'd rather be in battle than at peace
I'd rather be a wolf than a sheep
I'd rather be in battle
Than slaughtered like cattle
The weak can sleep while

You were born to be led
That's what religion says
With a bifurcated tongue
America eats it's young
Bullet-toothed, empty gods
Paralyze the minds and contest the thoughts
With devils everywhere
Bombs bursting in the air
Drones flown over thrones
Of bone and brimstone
Sabers rattle in the homes
Of the cowards and the crones
As they shackle our young
Blood stains the streets
Pigs empty their guns in their bodies


Bow down to the lords of war
On your knees for the lords of war
Bow down to the lords of war
On your knees for the lords of war

We rise in defiance we won't remain silent
To triumph over tyrants and police violence
Shoot until the threat stop

We're not guilty we're not
We're not guilty we're not
We're not guilty help us God

The lords of war
On your knees for the lords of war
Bow down to the lords of war
What is so terrible about a child screaming?
Why should it disturb us?
Just because we happen to be
There to hear it?
What about the child who comes
From an inadequate home
Where he gets no encouragement
From his parents
Where he doesn't have enough to wear
He doesn't have enough to eat
He comes to school hungry
This beautiful, breathtaking