[Instrumental Intro] [Driving bass groove, ringing phased guitar] [No vocals, no humming] [Verse 1] Oil under the desert sand Metal hidden in the stone Men in rooms redraw the borders Send the others off to war [Pre-Chorus] Draw the line Name the foe Raise the flag And let them go [Chorus] God, gold and ground That's what we're dying for God, gold and ground Always asking for more Raise another flag Dig another hole Everybody wants the earth Nobody wants the soul [Instrumental Response] [Recurring melodic guitar hook] [Verse 2] One man speaks in heaven's name One man wraps himself in flags Different words above the fire Same young bodies coming back [Pre-Chorus] Choose the creed Choose the side Call it honor Call it right [Chorus] God, gold and ground That's what we're dying for God, gold and ground Always asking for more Raise another flag Dig another hole Everybody wants the earth Nobody wants the soul [Instrumental Break] [Lead guitar develops the recurring hook] [Bridge — sudden drop, very soft and intimate] [Close vocal, bass nearly disappears, sparse clean guitar] Mother, tell me... what was it for? Father... did you ever know? Was there something in that ground Worth the ones who didn't come home? [Final Chorus] God, gold and ground That's what we're dying for God, gold and ground Still we're asking for more Burn another flag Dig another hole Everybody wants the earth Nobody wants the soul [Short Instrumental Outro]
