1984 Overture

We strip war down to essentials We don't waste no time with flesh Beautiful is our destruction Breed and retch You don't have to follow leaders You don't have to choose your side No opinions balloted by the millions Who died Don't feel you're apart or private You can be the wreck you choose Not that it makes any difference You lose Someone up there doesn't like me Doesn't want this girl alive I've done what is most forbidden Survive I don't know who moves the counters Deals the cards or makes the rules Gives the orders, pulls the levers Playing wars I'm a peaceful soul, I swear it I don't wish no human ill But let me at those warring players I'd kill Someone up there doesn't like me Doesn't want this girl alive I've done what is most forbidden Survive I don't know who moves the counters Deals the cards or makes the rules Gives the orders, pulls the levers Playing wars Got me wanting to kill I want to hate Wanting to kill Corruption it's there, want to kill Got me wanting to kill I want to hate Someone up there doesn't like me Doesn't want this girl alive All I've done is survive