From 1993's The Love Of Hopeless Causes, this song is a good example of New Model Army's agit-rock, with earnest humanitarian and pacifist messages delivered through a slightly crusty but very palatable melodic rock.
The lyrics are as follows:
Today, as you listen to this song, another 394,000 children were born into this world
They break like waves of hunger and desire upon these eroded shores
carrying the curses of history and a history yet unwritten
The oil burns in thick black columns,
The buzz saws echo through the forest floor
They shout give us our fair share, give us justice, give us war!
Here comes the war!
On a grey morning to the south of here two young men
in makeshift uniforms peer into the misty light
and figures dart behind the trees
as a snap of rifle rounds echoes out across the fields
well they hardly know their sacred mother tongue
but they know their duty to defend the flag
hanging limp and bloody above the village church
while a thousand miles away
in a warehouse complex down by the river
young money men play paintball games
Here comes the war!
Here comes the war!
Put out the lights on the age of reason
Blow out the candle and tell us another of those great stories
the ones about serial killers
Let dreams flow into savage times
Do you hear the sirens scream across the city?
We've had three hot nights in succession
The riot season is here again
Dear Lord, lead us back into the valley of the shadow of death
Here comes the war!
Here comes the war!
Did you think we were born in peaceful times?
Like a whirling dervish spinning round, faster, faster
The centre cannot hold
Like a whirling dervish spinning round, faster, faster
The centre cannot hold
You said give us liberty or give us death
Now you've got both, what do you want next?
Here comes the war!
Here comes the war!
Here comes the war!
Here comes the war!
Put out the lights on the age of reason
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