We Must Defend Ourselves

All the leaders gathered round and said
"We must defend ourselves"
"Hear-hear" and a scatter of laughs
Said "I think this might work well"
We'll expand our country 'till it's much too big to fail
When another nuclear power opposes
Then we'll set sail

To a proxy war in a desert slum
Kill all their civilians
We'll stop that fucking tyrant in their tracks
While ours make billions
I reckon we're all set
For the domino effect
There was a child who stood 'em up before
In an effort to impress

So he could quell the threat of Islam
Fuckin' scare the souls of Communists
There's a Union Jack sized hole
In the palace of the terrorists
When we clean them out
We'll have a poke around
In the fountain of our spoils
What a lucky coincidence
The terrorists had oil

To my love
And the leaders of the world
How do you sleep at night?
After all
After all you've done
I couldn't shut my eyes

Don't despair
Our influence is everywhere
When the tanks roll off the sand
And the blood leaves the air
When men have finished killing you
If you're lucky enough to make it through
Smile and rejoice at our western values

Arrogance and righteous
Trailblazing fighters
Happy to help you in your troubles
'Till we think that you don't like us
How powerful is this empire we're making?
Can we build this building up and up
If we cut down on the foundation?

To my love
And the leaders of the world
How do you sleep at night?
After all
After all you've done
I couldn't shut my eyes

To my love
And the leaders of the world
How do you sleep at night?
After all
After all you've done
I couldn't shut my eyes

To my love
And the leaders of the world
How do you sleep at night?
After all
After all you've done
I couldn't shut my eyes