Meanwhile, There's a War Going On...

Live by the sword, but die by the pen

Smoke clears but will tyranny end?

Consumed by consumption, pride and apathy

The illusion of control fueled by vanity

Revolutionary fervor is overtaking

The people rise up in an Arab spring

Fire will rain, the drones are coming

Far from my view, blood is flowing

We're sitting in comfort, we're falling to sleep

Forgetting our brothers and sisters to keep

We smoke; we drink; we party till dawn.

Meanwhile, there's a war going on; there's a war going on...

Do you fear Islam? Do you fear Sharia Law?

I'm afraid of ignorance and a logic so flawed

Speak out of virtue and of a Prince of Peace

While rattling a saber simultaneously 

Love is patient; love is kind

Love will always keep an open mind

Love does not boast of things it doesn't know

Yet, we make assumptions and try to impose

We're sitting in comfort, we're falling to sleep

Look out for wolves clothed as sheep

We smoke; we drink; we party till dawn.

Meanwhile, there's a war going on; there's a war going on...

The consensus is that we all disagree

Compromise is not a possibility

Because we don't share the eyes to see

But can we diverge respectfully?

Ignore the world's problems maybe they'll go away

Or confront them with violence to maintain our sway

Sending sons and daughters into harm's way

Perpetual war is the American way

We're sitting in comfort, we're falling to sleep

Forgetting our brothers and sisters to keep

We smoke; we drink; we party till dawn.

Meanwhile, there's a war going on; there's a war going on...