Key: F
Introduction:
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All your glorious battles, what did they amount to, what did they prove?
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All for your pride of country,
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All for your sacred democracy, rival national myths.
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All for your rich ancestry of warmongers, you hailed as heroes.
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Don't believe in your jingoistic pride,
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That fuels your imperialistic genocide
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A better world will emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past.
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Considering tens of millions lost their lives in conflict,
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Surely it?s not too much to ask?
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Wars of religion, nationalism,
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made all the more devastating by advances in perverted science.
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Led the innocent to early deaths, soldiers to shallow graves.
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How can you sleep at night?
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