[Verse 1] Flag pins on a lapel Burning like a flare on screen Briefing room Closed doors “Keep the homeland clean” But the map says oil fields Shipping lanes Secret deals Talk tough for the cameras Count coffins off the reel Desert wind tastes metal Smoke on a satellite feed Name a base Name a ship Feed a cycle Feed a need Kids learn country codes Same time they learn to read Turn a region into chess Then blame the board when it bleeds [Chorus] U.S.–Israel vs. Iran That’s the story that they sell Just a headline war in high def Who’s keeping score Who can tell Draw a line right through the sand Say it’s them or it is us But the truth gets lost in the crossfire And the dust And the dust (yeah) [Verse 2] Old scars New slogans Holy words on a steel crate Sanctions on a grocery list Empty shelves Empty plates Pilot in a cockpit Zoomed in Far away Boy on a rooftop Learning all the wrong names Talking in “red lines” Like paint on a wall Every strike “surgical” Til another city falls Hands shake in Brussels Hands shake in Tehran Mothers shake in bedrooms Counting days their boys are gone (gone) [Chorus] U.S.–Israel vs. Iran That’s the story that they sell Just a headline war in high def Who’s keeping score Who can tell Draw a line right through the sand Say it’s them or it is us But the truth gets lost in the crossfire And the dust And the dust [Bridge] Who owns the fear? Who owns the frame? Who names the enemy Then walks away? If every flag Needs someone to blame How many lives Pay for that name? (mmm) [Chorus] U.S.–Israel vs. Iran That’s the story that they sell Just a headline war in high def Who’s keeping score Who can tell Draw a line right through the sand Say it’s them or it is us But the truth gets lost in the crossfire And the dust And the dust
