Send 'Em Off
Send 'Em Off: A Powerful Critique on War and Deception
Lyrics
They say what's with all the anger
Questioning the expression of anger.
Why do you always complain
Questioning constant complaints.
Why do you always have to pick a fight
Questioning the tendency to start fights.
It's always the same
Expressing frustration about repetition.
But I feel the pain across our bleeding planet
Feeling global pain and inability to sleep due to awareness.
And I can't sleep at night, knowing what I know
Unable to rest due to knowledge of troubling issues.
They send them off to hell
Criticizing the act of sending individuals to war.
To defend the lies they tell
Highlighting deception in justifications for war.
While we pretend we're doing well
Commenting on society's false sense of well-being.
Fresh out of high school
Describing young age after high school.
Barely turned 18
Emphasizing the youthfulness of those sent to war.
They ship them out with guns in their hands
Depicting the sending of young soldiers with weapons.
To fight a foreign regime
Referring to the conflict with a foreign regime.
Not even old enough to drink
Highlighting the irony of age restrictions for drinking and killing.
It seems they're old enough to kill
Questioning the morality of allowing young soldiers to kill.
But are they old enough to think - for themselves?
Raising the question of critical thinking among young soldiers.
They send them off to war
Criticizing the act of sending individuals to war (repeated).
Pretend to feed the poor
Mocking the false pretense of helping the poor.
While they settle their own score
Highlighting self-interest in the guise of war.
They send them off to hell
Criticizing the act of sending individuals to war (repeated).
To defend the lies they tell
Highlighting deception in justifications for war (repeated).
While we pretend we're doing well
Commenting on society's false sense of well-being (repeated).
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