[Verse 1] You drew the lines on a map you never walked Signed your name on a place you never saw Paper burns But the borders stay Kids learn fear before they learn to pray Old men talk in a room with leather chairs Trade young blood like they're splitting shares One flag rising on another man's land One phone call One shaking hand [Chorus] Whose war is this? Who pays in bodies for your politics? You light the fuse Then swear your hands are clean of it You send the sons To settle every ancient grudge Whose war is this? Whose war is this? [Verse 2] You say it's simple Just "us" and "them" Like the world fits inside a slogan again But every bomb has a family name Every siren sings the same On the screen It's a game It's red and blue In the street It's a mother losing her shoes Running barefoot through the broken glass Holding on to what she can't get back [Chorus] Whose war is this? Who pays in bodies for your politics? You light the fuse Then swear your hands are clean of it You send the sons To settle every ancient grudge Whose war is this? Whose war is this? [Bridge] If you had to tag a toe Would you still talk tough? If you had to fold that flag Would your courage be enough? (enough) If you had to look that child In the eyes and say "we knew" Would you still call it "strategy" Or would it finally break you? [Chorus] Whose war is this? Who pays in bodies for your politics? You light the fuse Then swear your hands are clean of it You send the sons To settle every ancient grudge Whose war is this? Whose war is this?
