{"id":860,"date":"2013-09-19T22:18:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innerquests.netstorms.org\/?p=860"},"modified":"2013-09-19T22:18:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T22:18:57","slug":"masters-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/09\/19\/masters-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bReiBl6J-Lo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Classic song &#8230; brilliant lyrics .. well performed &#8230; nice video. There was a time when I thought this was too harsh. I still think Jesus would forgive them if they repented .. but they won&#8217;t. Bush, Blair, Cameron, Obama, McCain, Kerry, Hague; I am appalled by their venomous speech as much as by their acts. I would like to think that people are seeing these masters of war for what they are.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Masters Of War&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Come you masters of war<br \/>\nYou that build all the guns<br \/>\nYou that build the death planes<br \/>\nYou that build all the bombs<br \/>\nYou that hide behind walls<br \/>\nYou that hide behind desks<br \/>\nI just want you to know<br \/>\nI can see through your masks.<\/p>\n<p>You that never done nothin&#8217;<br \/>\nBut build to destroy<br \/>\nYou play with my world<br \/>\nLike it&#8217;s your little toy<br \/>\nYou put a gun in my hand<br \/>\nAnd you hide from my eyes<br \/>\nAnd you turn and run farther<br \/>\nWhen the fast bullets fly.<\/p>\n<p>Like Judas of old<br \/>\nYou lie and deceive<br \/>\nA world war can be won<br \/>\nYou want me to believe<br \/>\nBut I see through your eyes<br \/>\nAnd I see through your brain<br \/>\nLike I see through the water<br \/>\nThat runs down my drain.<\/p>\n<p>You fasten all the triggers<br \/>\nFor the others to fire<br \/>\nThen you set back and watch<br \/>\nWhen the death count gets higher<br \/>\nYou hide in your mansion&#8217;<br \/>\nAs young people&#8217;s blood<br \/>\nFlows out of their bodies<br \/>\nAnd is buried in the mud.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve thrown the worst fear<br \/>\nThat can ever be hurled<br \/>\nFear to bring children<br \/>\nInto the world<br \/>\nFor threatening my baby<br \/>\nUnborn and unnamed<br \/>\nYou ain&#8217;t worth the blood<br \/>\nThat runs in your veins.<\/p>\n<p>How much do I know<br \/>\nTo talk out of turn<br \/>\nYou might say that I&#8217;m young<br \/>\nYou might say I&#8217;m unlearned<br \/>\nBut there&#8217;s one thing I know<br \/>\nThough I&#8217;m younger than you<br \/>\nThat even Jesus would never<br \/>\nForgive what you do.<\/p>\n<p>Let me ask you one question<br \/>\nIs your money that good<br \/>\nWill it buy you forgiveness<br \/>\nDo you think that it could<br \/>\nI think you will find<br \/>\nWhen your death takes its toll<br \/>\nAll the money you made<br \/>\nWill never buy back your soul.<\/p>\n<p>And I hope that you die<br \/>\nAnd your death&#8217;ll come soon<br \/>\nI will follow your casket<br \/>\nIn the pale afternoon<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll watch while you&#8217;re lowered<br \/>\nDown to your deathbed<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll stand over your grave<br \/>\n&#8216;Til I&#8217;m sure that you&#8217;re dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic song &#8230; brilliant lyrics .. well performed &#8230; nice video. There was a time when I thought this was too harsh. I still think Jesus would forgive them if they repented .. but they won&#8217;t. Bush, Blair, Cameron, Obama, McCain, Kerry, Hague; I am appalled by their venomous speech as much as by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/09\/19\/masters-of-war\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,40,66],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerquests.chidakasha.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}