This War-Sting

[ti:This War] [ar:Sting] [al:Sacred Love] [by:] [offset:0] [00:21.24]You've got the mouth of a she wolf [00:22.76] [00:23.33]Inside the mask of an innocent lamb [00:25.25] [00:26.44]You say your heart is all compassion [00:28.46]But there's just a flat line on your cardiogram [00:30.27] [00:31.13]Yet you always made a profit baby [00:34.13] [00:34.75]If it was a famine or a feast [00:38.66] [00:41.22]Yes I'm the soul of indiscretion [00:42.35] [00:43.19]I was cursed with x-ray vision [00:45.85]I could see right through all the lies you told [00:48.79]When you smiled for the television [00:51.41]And you can see the coming battle [00:53.90] [00:54.77]You pray the drums will never cease [00:59.02] [01:01.15]And you may win this war that's coming [01:03.40] [01:05.02]But would you tolerate the peace [01:07.46] [01:21.60]Investing in munitions [01:23.93]And those little cotton flags [01:25.86] [01:26.43]Invest in wooden caskets [01:28.55]In guns and body bags guns and body bags [01:32.18] [01:41.55]Your daddy was a businessman [01:43.86]And it always made good sense [01:46.30]You know the war can make you rich my friend [01:49.11]In dollars pounds and cents [01:51.36] [01:52.03]In the temple that was Mammon's [01:53.90] [01:55.21]You were ordained the parish priest [01:57.90] [02:01.15]Yes you may win this coming battle [02:03.65] [02:05.27]But would you tolerate the peace [02:08.03] [02:31.71]Invest in deadly weapons [02:33.96]And those little cotton flags [02:36.08]Invest in wooden caskets [02:38.21]In guns and body bags [02:41.21]You've invested in oppression [02:43.58]Investing in corruption [02:44.65] [02:45.16]Invest in every tyranny [02:47.41]And the whole world's destruction [02:50.94] [03:01.82]I imagine there's a future [03:02.88] [03:03.85]When all the earthly wars are over [03:06.24]You may find yourself just standing there [03:08.80]On the white cliffs of Dover [03:11.36]You may ask what does it profit a man [03:13.86]To gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul [03:16.21]Is that your body you see on the rocks below [03:19.02]As the tide begins to roll [03:21.71]And you invested in this prison [03:23.83] [03:25.21]From which you never got released [03:26.94] [03:31.44]You may have won this war we're fighting [03:34.57] [03:35.32]But would you tolerate the peace [03:45.29] [03:56.47]There's a war on our democracy [03:57.72] [03:58.72]A war on our dissent [04:00.60]There's a war inside religion [04:02.47]And what Jesus might have meant [04:04.54]There's a war on mother nature [04:06.41]A war upon the seas [04:08.29]There's a war upon the forests [04:10.29]On the birds and the bees [04:12.22]There's a war on education [04:13.47] [04:14.03]A war on information [04:15.35]A war between the sexes [04:17.41]And every nation [04:18.97]A war on our compassion [04:20.60]A war on understanding [04:22.35]A war on love and life itself [04:24.91]It's war that they're demanding [04:28.97] [04:46.16]Make it easy on yourself [04:49.16] [04:50.53]And don't do nothing [04:52.47] [04:55.91]Make it easy on yourself [04:58.54] [05:00.47]And don't do nothing [05:01.80] [05:05.93]Make it easy on yourself [05:08.23] [05:10.36]And don't do nothing [05:12.17] [05:15.76]Make it easy on yourself