Year of the Rat

A fool's crusade a proxy war We justify we keep the score With millions dead too blind to see The cryptic clash of World War III (Chorus) Did your country's sons and daughters Die to make this world a safer place Or do we just defy Flesh and blood become one The stakes keep rising the time has come The band performs a martyr's verse And the dominoes fall in reverse (Chorus) The lines are drawn don't you see It's too late to turn back now We won't abide a stalemate The end is predicated on the loss of life What's so sinister? We're only trying to do what we think is right Conscience administered By the ones with the shortest sight