Scales fall from my eyes
I've been blind too long
Shut myself off from the world
While everything went wrong
Earth groans beneath the weight
Of a million war machines
Preaching unrequited hate
To win by any means
With a heavy heart and a tarnished soul
I stand in line to pay the toll
A lesson in true lunacy
A Scorched Earth Policy
Do you only care for
Me, myself and I?
Are these the lies you whisper
As another child dies?
Earth groans beneath the weight
Of a million war machines
Preaching unrequited hate
To win by any means
With a heavy heart and a tarnished soul
I stand in line to pay the toll
A lesson in true lunacy
A Scorched Earth Policy
Your children do not know you
They're programmed full of hate
Mankind has learned nothing
But another way to rape
Yet still you go on k**ing
Still you do pollute
Still you teach your children
That the self is absolute
Earth groans beneath the weight
Of a million war machines
Preaching unrequited hate
To win by any means
With a heavy heart and a tarnished soul
I stand in line to pay the toll
A lesson in true lunacy
A Scorched Earth Policy