Don't ask why you thought you knew the meaning of liberation
Don't ask why democracy's a word you thought you'd understood
Don't ask why you ever believed that war is not the answer
Don't ask why it always seems to take so much flesh and blood
Why does liberation carry such a price
Why is it democracy get's sacrificed
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask - cos you're never gonna know
Don't ask why you thought you knew the meaning of the word invasion
Don't ask if the woman in the rubble ever made it alive
Don't ask if you thought the word peace was ever part of the equation
Don't ask if the baby in the bomb blast ever survived
Don't ask what it is that we think we've won
Or even the way in which it was done
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask - cos you're never gonna know
How is it that our great ideals all end up on the floor
How is it we can't stop ourselves from sinking into war
I can't say that I'm right and I know that your not wrong
So all these questions end up in a song
Don't ask if what you read in the media isn't quite the full story
Don't ask if we think we've made the world a much safer place
Don't ask if you thought you were a part of the human family
Don't ask in the name of which god we can all embrace
Tired old questions running round my brain
Same old profits same old gain
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask - cos you're never gonna know
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask why democracy's a word you thought you'd understood
Don't ask why you ever believed that war is not the answer
Don't ask why it always seems to take so much flesh and blood
Why does liberation carry such a price
Why is it democracy get's sacrificed
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask - cos you're never gonna know
Don't ask why you thought you knew the meaning of the word invasion
Don't ask if the woman in the rubble ever made it alive
Don't ask if you thought the word peace was ever part of the equation
Don't ask if the baby in the bomb blast ever survived
Don't ask what it is that we think we've won
Or even the way in which it was done
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask - cos you're never gonna know
How is it that our great ideals all end up on the floor
How is it we can't stop ourselves from sinking into war
I can't say that I'm right and I know that your not wrong
So all these questions end up in a song
Don't ask if what you read in the media isn't quite the full story
Don't ask if we think we've made the world a much safer place
Don't ask if you thought you were a part of the human family
Don't ask in the name of which god we can all embrace
Tired old questions running round my brain
Same old profits same old gain
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
Don't ask - cos you're never gonna know
Don't ask - cos you don't wanna know
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