A king of foreign country heard some rumours in the night
That some other evil king is now preparing for a fight
He assembles all his generals
And asks them what to do
And with sternness in their eyes they look at him and say it's true
We're in the war; oh we're in the war
We're in the war; oh we're in the war
They're preparing thousand battleships to sail across the sea
And the general ahead them are happy as can be
When they reach the other shore they get a warm embrace
But the generals feel threatened so they shoot them in the face
In the war oh we're in the war
We're in the war oh we're in the war
And in the war you can kill for no reason, it's no crime
In the war you do the things you always had in mind
In the war you can die
In the war you can cry
In the war, in the war, in the war
And the fairies and the elves are just trying to survive
And the lions and the elephants are running for their lives
And the generals are firing seven hundred cannon balls
But no one understands what all this is for
In the war oh we're in the war
We're in the war oh we're in the war
And in the war you can kill for no reason, it's no crime
In the war you do the things you always had in mind
In the war you can die
In the war you can cry
In the war, in the war, in the war
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, in the war
Oh, in the war
And now a thousand battleships are landing on the shore
And one hundred thousand soldiers don't know what they're looking for
For they cannot find their enemies, no weapons and no war
So they start to shoot each other
'Cause that's what they've been trained for
In the war oh we're in the war
We're in the war oh we're in the war
And in the war you can kill for no reason, it's no crime
In the war you do the things you always had in mind
In the war you can die
In the war you can cry
In the war, in the war, in the war
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, in the war
That some other evil king is now preparing for a fight
He assembles all his generals
And asks them what to do
And with sternness in their eyes they look at him and say it's true
We're in the war; oh we're in the war
We're in the war; oh we're in the war
They're preparing thousand battleships to sail across the sea
And the general ahead them are happy as can be
When they reach the other shore they get a warm embrace
But the generals feel threatened so they shoot them in the face
In the war oh we're in the war
We're in the war oh we're in the war
And in the war you can kill for no reason, it's no crime
In the war you do the things you always had in mind
In the war you can die
In the war you can cry
In the war, in the war, in the war
And the fairies and the elves are just trying to survive
And the lions and the elephants are running for their lives
And the generals are firing seven hundred cannon balls
But no one understands what all this is for
In the war oh we're in the war
We're in the war oh we're in the war
And in the war you can kill for no reason, it's no crime
In the war you do the things you always had in mind
In the war you can die
In the war you can cry
In the war, in the war, in the war
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, in the war
Oh, in the war
And now a thousand battleships are landing on the shore
And one hundred thousand soldiers don't know what they're looking for
For they cannot find their enemies, no weapons and no war
So they start to shoot each other
'Cause that's what they've been trained for
In the war oh we're in the war
We're in the war oh we're in the war
And in the war you can kill for no reason, it's no crime
In the war you do the things you always had in mind
In the war you can die
In the war you can cry
In the war, in the war, in the war
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, in the war
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Album: "Up In The Sky"
Simri mi spiega – forse lanciando una critica ai testi non costruttivi, ripetitivi, vuoti – che nel comporre le loro canzoni prestano estrema cura alla scelta delle parole: «Non sono solo un “blablabla” di parole, ma esprimono realmente i loro principi fondamentali quali, fra i tanti, il rispetto per la natura e per gli altri». Basti ascoltare “In the war”, monito non paternalistico ma molto bello contro la guerra e contro i crimini di guerra.
Azionata dal potere, la guerra è un motore di cui non ci possiamo liberare. Sono loro stessi ad ammetterlo, nella persona di Esra, il batterista: «La guerra è uno stato endemico della natura umana, ci appartiene». Burattinai sono i governatori, burattini centomila soldati che non sanno cosa cercare e finiscono per spararsi da soli.
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