Body of War Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran movie - Masters Of War lyrics

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Song by Pearl Jam<br /><br>

Come you masters of war <br>

You that build all the guns <br>

You that build the death planes <br>

You that held all the guns <br>

You that hide behind walls <br>

You that hide behind desks <br>

I just want you to know I can see through your masks <br>

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You that never done nothing <br>

But to build to destroy <br>

You play with my world <br>

Like it's your little toy <br>

You put a drug in my head <br>

Then you hide from my eyes <br>

Then you turn and run following the fast foolish line <br>

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Like Judas of old <br>

You lie and decieve <br>

A world war can be won <br>

You want me to believe <br>

But I see through your eyes <br>

And I see through your brain <br>

Like I see through the water that runs down my drain <br>

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You that fasten all the triggers <br>

For the others to fire <br>

Then you sit back and watch <br>

While the death count gets higher <br>

You hide in your mansions <br>

While young peoples blood <br>

Flows out of their bodies and is buried in the mud <br>

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You've thrown the worst fear <br>

That could ever be hurled <br>

The fear to bring children <br>

Into this world <br>

For threatening my baby <br>

Unborn and unnamed <br>

You ain't worth the blood that runs in your veins <br>

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How much do I know <br>

To talk out of turn? <br>

You might say that I'm young <br>

You might say I'm unlearned <br>

But there's one thing I know <br>

Though I'm younger than you <br>

Even Jesus would never forgive what you do <br>

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Let me ask you one question <br>

Is your money that good? <br>

Will it buy you forgiveness? <br>

Do you think that it could? <br>

Oh I think you will find <br>

When your death takes its toll <br>

All the money you made will never buy back your soul <br>

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And I hope that you die <br>

And your death'll come soon <br>

I'll follow your casket <br>

In the pale afternoon <br>

And I'll watch as you're lowered <br>

Into your deathbed <br>

And I'll stand on your grave till I'm sure that you're dead<br>

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