We Don't Want Your War

This song is about the freedom to make informed decisions, in this case, against war. It addresses the idea of that we need to stop taking the things that we are told at face value and search for the truth. I find the reference to the story of 'The Emperor's New Clothing' an interesting twist. It implies that the people of this country are afraid to point out the truth because they are afraid of the "Emperor".



When you can't believe a word they say
And you're haunted by the swords they raise
Like a rabid dog we've seen before
They refuse to hear the world pounding, pounding down their door

We don't want your war
Let's yell a little louder now
We don't want your war
All stand together tall
We don't want your war
But you keep telling us, you keep telling us we do

The king has no clothes so he leads by fear
We must challenge all the lies we hear
The devil's 'bombs' has an oily smell
Frames a legacy with infamy and he burns it, he burns it into hell

Try to turn us into lemmings with their magic on TV
Leaking military secrets is one of their specialties
To reporters hanging on their words like schoolgirls in love
They've got the scoop, but we're no closer to the truth

If we raise our flag on a million graves
Will we all be proud or will we be ashamed?
Of our leadership, greedy and arrogant
And we'll all be judged by the choices, the choices that we made

We don't want your war
Let's all sing a little louder now
We don't want your war
All stand together tall
We don't want your war
But you keep telling us we do
We don't want your war
All stand together and yell
We don't want your war
All stand together tall
We don't want your war
So stop telling us, Stop telling us we do