Bring the War Home

I threw my useless life Into their wars and riots For the ideal To serve the ones I love Yes, all too soon No recognition for My pointless sacrifice And far too late I saw I left my home defenceless This world's a slaughterhouse And men like me are not the butchers I brought justice to no one But there was no doubt It always stands to reason Protect the just Conquer the felons Returned Wounded and broken But I never left these barren fields And now I understand There is no war to end all wars Take it from me Drowning your honest love In mindless violence I bring the war home Still raging within me All too soon These children lost their fathers And far too late I saw That not for them I fought The gods of profit Led me into Their battles I never brought security To those I wanted to protect Feeding the machine And staining this world With blood instead And only now I understand There is no war to end all wars Take it from me Drowning your honest love In mindless violence I bring the war home Still raging within me Still raging within me Take it from me You'll carry the war home I brought justice To no one Now they spit me in the face I did not recognize The real offenders And now I understand There is no war to end all wars Take it from me Drowning your honest love In mindless violence I bring the war home Still raging within me We brought affliction to the masses And splendour to a few We are aggressors Not defenders