[Intro]
Sirens in the smoke
Names in the stone
We said “never again”
Then we picked up the phone (called the ghosts back)
[Verse 1]
History’s a predator
Teeth in the page
Every new headline
Same old rage
Kids draw tanks
Where they should draw trees
Mothers learn
New prayers on their knees
Fast talk, flag talk
“Us, them” divides
Old men play chess
With young men’s lives
Dead screens scroll
Like a funeral march
Every map redrawn
Is another scar
[Chorus]
This is our lesson of war
Stop repeating what we cried for
How many bodies on the floor
Till we don’t need heroes anymore
If every promise turns to ash
What are we even fighting for
This is our lesson of war
Stop repeating history’s roar (no more)
[Verse 2]
Fast rap, heart crack
Breath in my chest like
Tick tick tick
On a midnight tripwire
Names in a list
On a bright blue app
Whole worlds disappear
With a casual tap
You paint “justice”
Over rusted steel
But the rust eats through
What you claim you feel
You say “freedom”
With a clenched fist high
But your eyes look down
When the children cry (why?)
[Chorus]
This is our lesson of war
Stop repeating what we cried for
How many bodies on the floor
Till we don’t need heroes anymore
If every promise turns to ash
What are we even fighting for
This is our lesson of war
Stop repeating history’s roar
[Bridge]
I don’t want medals
I want you alive (alive)
I don’t want an anthem
I want you to thrive
If all that we hand you
Is fear and a gun
Then we are the reason
You hide from the sun
[Chorus]
This is our lesson of war
Stop repeating what we cried for
How many bodies on the floor
Till we don’t need heroes anymore
Write a new story on this land
Put down the flag, reach for my hand
This is our lesson of war
Stop repeating history’s roar (no more, no more)