[Verse 1]
Black flags in the camera flash
Broken scriptures in their hands
Quoting fire from the margins
Like they ever understood the words
On the hill
In silk and incense
Gold rings kiss the TV glare
Blessed be the loaded question
“Whose blood do we spill in prayer?”
[Chorus]
Holy men
Holy wars
Who’s keeping the final score?
Every side says “God is on mine”
Holy words
Loaded guns
Turned your prophets into funds
Tell me where the sacred line divides
When holy men wage war on holy wars tonight
[Verse 2]
One says “rage is revelation”
One says “peace must carry steel”
Saints in suits draft legislation
Martyrs scrolling through the feed
Is it faith or is it branding?
Burning books
Or signing checks?
Choirs sing about compassion
While we draw a crosshair on their necks
[Chorus]
Holy men
Holy wars
Who’s keeping the final score?
Every side says “God is on mine”
Holy words
Loaded guns
Turned your prophets into funds
Tell me where the sacred line divides
When holy men wage war on holy wars tonight
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s all just fear in costume
Maybe it’s power in a mask
If love was ever more than language
Why’s it the first thing that we ask
To die for
Kill for
Lie for
Stamp in scripture
Sign in red
If heaven ever had an army
Would it march on all our dead?
[Chorus]
Holy men
Holy wars
Who’s keeping the final score?
Every side says “God is on mine”
Holy words
Loaded guns
Turned your prophets into funds
If faith was ever meant to save a life
Why are holy men in holy wars tonight?
(holy men, holy wars tonight)