[Verse 1]
They taught us 'bout Geneva convention and the rules to follow during war
In a classroom, hot and dry
Said, "There's a right way to fight a war"
Beneath a patriotic sky
They drew lines on a map for us
And told us not to cross
[Chorus]
But the lines got blurry, didn't they?
When the dust began to fly
All those rules they preached and prayed
Just withered up and died
Broken treaties, shattered trust
Just sand kicked in your eye
[Verse 2]
Heard the General on the TV screen
Talkin' 'bout collateral cost
While a farmer's field, a child's dream
Were forever, truly lost
Said "rules of engagement," a fancy phrase
For things they'd overlook
we even got a guy that says he knows more than the generals. as he sends other people kids to die. The same man that said people that died at war were losers.
how does the people let their own hatred of one another be there downfall
how do you go from we the people to we the party
[Chorus]
'Cause the lines got blurry, didn't they?
When the dust began to fly
All those rules they preached and prayed
Just withered up and died
Broken treaties, shattered trust
Just sand kicked in your eye. President that says troops that died we're losers. makes fun of disabled citizens. Don't believe in freedom of the press how do you respect the system that does the opposite of what it preaches
[Bridge]
They send you off with a flag and a prayer
A uniform, clean and new
Then they ask you to forget what's fair
And just see the mission through
The cost of victory, they call it
But who's really payin' the toll? and all my years of life this is the first time I don't respect the highest office in the land what if we done as a nation what have we become are we fighting for freedom or oil
[Chorus]
'Cause the lines got blurry, didn't they?
When the dust began to fly
All those rules they preached
