For those that shattered the infallibility of militarism
“Ye that have escaped the sword, stand not still”
VERSE 1:
Its time we talk about banality of evil
Murderous conformity mentality is lethal
How powerful systemise the savagery of people
There’s insanity and tragedy in the fallacies they feed you
This is for the Quakers that would die before they kill
Bertrand Russell in prison he survived by force of will
Rejected by society they’d prefer its all concealed
History mystery a version to reveal
This is the conviction Rosa Luxemburg was murdered for
This is the tradition 2003 was searching for
No time to mollycoddle too many bodies we’re sorry for,
This is the feeling stopped them loading the ss jolly george
80 died in jail all due to their treatment
Sacrificed for their lives for the most human of reasons
Monsters on the conscience soothe delusions of freedom
The refusal2kill a conviction you can believe in
VERSE 2:
Keir Hardie’s passed without a mention of parliament
Alienation, targeting afterwards was hard for them
He considered Belgium as colonisers we can’t defend,
Sent to kill to fellow workers by a wretched class of heartless men
Still draw the borders in places they trample
our conscription isn’t physical but it remains financial
participants in carnage but from the strangest of angles
Don’t prolong the mental bondage its time the cage is dismantled
Women’s peace crusade contribution cant be forgotten
Legacy still alive and was fighting at Greenham Common
They are the real heroes, not Van Damme or Rambo
They shut the city down and banned Lloyd George from Glasgow
Better to die with honour then live life feeling guiltier
for those that went against their own families like Sylvia
I hope on inspiration from the legacy of Pankhurst
The next Joe Glenton can just walk away from Sandhurst