WarCry

Here's to the mindless
Vacant and spineless
Forever hollow, they follow and feign
Cheers to our leaders
Slick elevated zeros
Packaged and plastic, they dance for the herd
Here's to your boxes
Your paradoxes
Grasping at freedom, you buy a shiny cage
Here's to religion
A world built upon exclusion
Scarred by illusion, you'll always obey
And as I walk through the filthy streets
Where all I loved has died
I'll raise my voice here into the sky
Now hear my War Cry
Here's to your progress
A mask on avarice
Here's to you conscience, a weathered cliche
And as I walk through the filthy streets
Where all I loved has died
I'll raise my voice here into the sky
Now hear my War Cry

WarCry

Here's to the mindless
Vacant and spineless
Forever hollow, they follow and feign
Cheers to our leaders
Slick elevated zeros
Packaged and plastic, they dance for the herd
Here's to your boxes
Your paradoxes
Grasping at freedom, you buy a shiny cage
Here's to religion
A world built upon exclusion
Scarred by illusion, you'll always obey
And as I walk through the filthy streets
Where all I loved has died
I'll raise my voice here into the sky
Now hear my War Cry
Here's to your progress
A mask on avarice
Here's to you conscience, a weathered cliche
And as I walk through the filthy streets
Where all I loved has died
I'll raise my voice here into the sky
Now hear my War Cry

Warcry

by U2

[Music: B. Allman, C. Cadden-James, C. Ingles, G. Wehrkamp Lyrics, Vocal Melodies: C.Cadden-James]
Tonight I stood upon the crest and witnessed our decay
The land that was our fathers lay in ruins at our feet
And I dare not look out or into unseeing eyes
Of mankind's blind ambitions and desires
The wisdom of humanity is wasted on you all
You pushed us into corners of a tortured paradise
Your selfish pillaging is a treason to this earth
And in the end you are betrayed by your own deeds
Now every time I turn around it's just too late
To give back our mother earth a little dignity
I wish you'd set her free and give her love back to me
Cause our spirits are not weak like you
We're on our own
Pushed from our home
Our voices joining
Sacreligious and deceitful are your truces
Tattered paper poison letters bloody skies
I do my best to keep it all to myself
But now I fight for my name