Music

Dulce et Decorum Est   Year: 2004 | Run Time: 2:57

Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI)

kid watch out for the rhetoric masquerading as heroic
coffins draped in flags seen through the mist
all the ones that won't come back photos black and white but mostly black
mothers give their loved ones one last kiss

and the magazines that catch the eye
with the cover shots as we walk by
you shake your head and you pray and wish
when you're powerless

so long underneath your thumb your words are just intoxication
revenge and justice marry from day one
throw it into sharp relief what's more courageous than waging peace
and God is really on the side of that one

and the magazines that catch the eye
with the cover shots as we walk by
with all the strength that we brandish
we're powerless

Did You Know?

This is an outtake from Friendly Fire. The title most likely comes from a poem by British poet and World War I soldier Wilfred Owen. Written in 1917, this work was a condemnation of war.

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