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Somebody's Child – We Could Start A War (2023) | Track profile | Dork

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Somebody's Child

We Could Start A War

Release date: 3rd February 2023

From Somebody's Child

Track 11

3:37

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About This Track

"We Could Start A War" is a single by Somebody's Child, from the album Somebody's Child, released 3rd February 2023. The track is 3:37 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about Somebody's Child.

About the Artist

Somebody's Child

Somebody's Child

Lyrics

We Could Start A War

Time runs out, and your money's up
We could start a war
Unconvinced is America
Hiding its divorce

We never quite found the light
Can't stop till it's over
Pray for our sins tonight
Before we get any older

You know we could start a war
Or we could live in peace
So what the fuck are we fighting for
What are we hoping to achieve?
You've got me begging to bleed

And I won't rest aside for fear of feeling pain
I will use my mind and make use of it all
And now I stand before you with my life in vain
We couldn't work it out, work it out

And I've been falling from heights you'll never know
And I've been standing at the bottom of the earth
And I've been crumbled by the forces that you own
You know

That we could start a war
Or we could live in peace
What the fuck are we fighting for
What are we hoping to achieve?
You've got me begging to bleed

Begging to bleed
You've got me begging to bleed
Begging to bleed
Begging to bleed

Oh we could start a war
Or we could live in peace
So what the fuck are we fighting for
What are we hoping to achieve?
Oh we could start a war
(Or we could live in peace)
(So what the fuck are we fighting for)
(What are we hoping to achieve?)
Oh we could start a war

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Track details

From Somebody's Child

3:372023Single

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Album

Somebody's Child

Somebody's Child

3rd February 2023

Track number

11

Release year

2023

1You Know What
3:26
2I Need Ya
3:05
3Hold Me Like You Wanna
4:01
4Sell Out
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6Give It up to Love

11We Could Start A War

3:37

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Cian Godfrey, Shea Tohill
Producer: Mikko