Sting - This War
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2008
- This war
You've got the mouth of a she wolf
Inside the mask of an innocent lamb
You say your heart is all compassion
But there's just a flat line on your cardiogram
Yet you always made a profit baby
If it was a famine or a feast
Yes, I'm the soul of indiscretion,
I was cursed with x-ray vision,
I could see right through all the lies you told,
When you smiled for the television
And you can see the coming battle
You pray the drums will never cease
And you may win this war that's coming
But would you tolerate the peace?
Investing in munitions
And those little cotton flags
Invest in wooden caskets
In guns and body bags, guns and body bags
Your daddy was a businessman
And it always made good sense
You know the war can make you rich my friend
In dollars, pounds and cents
In the temple that was Mammon's
You were ordained the parish priest
Yes you may win this coming battle
But could you tolerate the peace?
Invest in deadly weapons
And those little cotton flags
Invest in wooden caskets
In guns and body bags
You're invested in oppression
Investing in corruption
Invest in every tyranny
And the whole world's destruction
I imagine there's a future
When all the earthly wars are over
You may find yourself just standing there
On the white cliffs of Dover
You may ask, what does it profit a man
To gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
Is that your body you see on the rocks below
As the tide begins to roll?
And you invested in this prison
From which you never got released
You may have won this war we're fighting
But would you tolerate the peace?
There's a war on our democracy
A war on our dissent
There's a war inside religion
And what Jesus might have meant
There's a war on mother nature
A war upon the seas
There's a war upon the forests
On the birds and the bees
There's a war on education
A war on information
A war between the sexes
And every nation
A war on our compassion
A war on understanding
A war on love and life itself
It's war that they're demanding
Make it easy on yourself
And don't do nothing
Lyrics: www. sting.com 
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Sting This War is one of my unheard and personal favorite song
although sting has been the master of capitalizing on commercial value of art and music , he is also the master of english,self-expression and observation. Just because he knows how to make money, doesn't make the content of his lyrics any less valuable. I just hate it when people call artists hypocrites based on the fact they have a fine lifestyle or good understanding of business. .
"You may win this war coming but would you tolerate the peace?"
Thank you for posting this song.
Strong words, powerful groove & superb drumming!
I have always loved this song and the words
This song comes at a perfect place on the album. The flow of the album was becoming trite, then he rips off this gem. Really cuts through the noise. And believe it or not the song is more relevant today than it was back when the album was new.
mstephens44 👌🏻
Even MORE now. I was listening to it and just had to check when he wrote it!
six years after your comment was posted, the sentence _more relevant today_ is still valid.
Relevant today!!!!!!!
LOVE THIS SONG STILL IN JUNE 17, 2020 ?
OCT. 18, 2020
Nov 2021 and still love this song.
originally about Bush & Blair but it's still as valid today as it was when the album was released.
I’m listening to Sting This War November 11th 2023 Veterans Day!
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Manu katche on the drums behind ! Just Listen to the beginning !
EL TAMBIÉN ES OSCURO...TE AMO.
amazing. I love it
Can you tolerate the peace?
take it easy on yourself.......don't do nothing...................
Make it easy...
CARAJOOO...DOMINIC MILLER AHUVOOOO ...
Can we tolerate the peace
this is stings response to the war in iraq and Afg let alone the war going on here in our own country listen to the lyrics they are so in touch with the sentement of so many people
and 11 years after your comment still very relevant...
Thanks... My son served in Iraq ... It was a terrible time.. so glad he's out been out but at the time he was still serving... Can we stand the peace..
I wanna wish Happy big 70th Birthday 🎂 to Sting’s wife Trudie Styler!!!!
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40% to the author, I protest
THIS WAS MY SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
drums high in the mix and deservedly so, whoever that is is breaking one off on this track
I am impressed by this song. But I don't understand if the final lyrics "Make it easy on yourself and don't do nothing" are meant to be sarcastic or not, and if I am supposed to perceive the literal double negative or interpret it how people commonly mean it when they use double negatives against their literal intentions.
@Haidimbya I'm pretty sure this was a live recording included on the album. It might not have been at a concert, but I'm sure it was recorded live, because the production is completely different from the rest of Sacred Love, and his vocal is no way near as polished as the rest of it, which gives it a one-take feel. But I might be wrong. :-)
His lyrics are among the best happening, by now; he's at the height of this and his other powers. I prefer the more driven, less overwhelmingly electric version on the concert video; it has a slightly different kind of anger. This studio version is excellent too but the voice sometimes feels too far down in the mix.
tres désagréable les différences de niveau des pistes
gee i wonder what he is talking about. not. puting his neck on the line again i see.
His weakest album it was, but this track was ok.