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(hard progressive rock music) 00:13
- Supposedly about 10 million of us today marching. 00:15
- Around the world millions of people don't want this war. 00:17
- We have never gotten justice through war. 00:19
- We don't believe the lies 00:21
that're being fed to us through the media. 00:22
- (speaks in Japanese) peace. 00:24
- We all speak with one voice for peace. 00:25
- Stop the war! 00:27
♪ I've been walking through your streets ♪ 00:29
♪ Where all your money's earning ♪ 00:30
♪ Where all your buildings crying ♪ 00:32
♪ And clueless neckties working ♪ 00:34
♪ Revolving fake lawn houses ♪ 00:35
♪ Housing all your fears ♪ 00:37
♪ Desensitized by TV ♪ 00:39
♪ Overbearing advertising ♪ 00:41
♪ God of consumerism ♪ 00:43
♪ And all your crooked pictures looking good ♪ 00:44
♪ Mirrors filtering information for the public eye ♪ 00:47
♪ Designed for profiteering ♪ 00:50
♪ Your neighbor, what a guy ♪ 00:52
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 00:53
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 00:54
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪ 00:56
♪ You kill the god your child has born ♪ 00:59
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 01:02
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 01:04
♪ Modern globalization ♪ 01:06
♪ Coupled with condemnations ♪ 01:08
♪ Unnecessary death ♪ 01:10
♪ Matador corporations ♪ 01:12
♪ Puppeting your frustrations with a blinded flag ♪ 01:14
♪ Manufacturing consent is the name of the game ♪ 01:17
♪ The bottom line is money, nobody gives a fuck ♪ 01:19
♪ Four thousand hungry children ♪ 01:22
♪ Leave us per hour from starvation ♪ 01:24
♪ While billions are spent on bombs ♪ 01:26
♪ Creating death showers ♪ 01:28
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 01:31
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 01:32
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪ 01:34
♪ You kill the god your child has born ♪ 01:37
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 01:40
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 01:42
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 01:43
♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪ 01:45
- As a Vietnam vet, I do not believe 01:47
that war should be fought in America's name. 01:49
- It's the most ridiculous thing. 01:51
- I'm here because my brother's in the navy 01:53
and we want him to come home alive. 01:55
(crowd clamoring) 01:57
- I hope it's never gonna happen. 01:59
- [Crowd] We choose peace! 02:00
(woman speaks in foreign language) 02:01
(crowd chants in foreign language) 02:04
(crowd clamoring) 02:06
- I don't understand why dropping bombs on children 02:11
is the best way to achieve peace. 02:14
♪ Why ♪ 02:18
♪ Must we ♪ 02:21
♪ Kill our own kind ♪ 02:24
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 02:31
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 02:32
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪ 02:34
♪ You kill the god your child has born ♪ 02:37
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 02:40
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪ 02:42
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 02:44
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ 02:45
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪ 02:47
(bicycle wheel whirring) 02:51

Boom! – English Lyrics

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[English]
(hard progressive rock music)
- Supposedly about 10 million of us today marching.
- Around the world millions of people don't want this war.
- We have never gotten justice through war.
- We don't believe the lies
that're being fed to us through the media.
- (speaks in Japanese) peace.
- We all speak with one voice for peace.
- Stop the war!
♪ I've been walking through your streets ♪
♪ Where all your money's earning ♪
♪ Where all your buildings crying ♪
♪ And clueless neckties working ♪
♪ Revolving fake lawn houses ♪
♪ Housing all your fears ♪
♪ Desensitized by TV ♪
♪ Overbearing advertising ♪
♪ God of consumerism ♪
♪ And all your crooked pictures looking good ♪
♪ Mirrors filtering information for the public eye ♪
♪ Designed for profiteering ♪
♪ Your neighbor, what a guy ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪
♪ You kill the god your child has born ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Modern globalization ♪
♪ Coupled with condemnations ♪
♪ Unnecessary death ♪
♪ Matador corporations ♪
♪ Puppeting your frustrations with a blinded flag ♪
♪ Manufacturing consent is the name of the game ♪
♪ The bottom line is money, nobody gives a fuck ♪
♪ Four thousand hungry children ♪
♪ Leave us per hour from starvation ♪
♪ While billions are spent on bombs ♪
♪ Creating death showers ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪
♪ You kill the god your child has born ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom ♪
- As a Vietnam vet, I do not believe
that war should be fought in America's name.
- It's the most ridiculous thing.
- I'm here because my brother's in the navy
and we want him to come home alive.
(crowd clamoring)
- I hope it's never gonna happen.
- [Crowd] We choose peace!
(woman speaks in foreign language)
(crowd chants in foreign language)
(crowd clamoring)
- I don't understand why dropping bombs on children
is the best way to achieve peace.
♪ Why ♪
♪ Must we ♪
♪ Kill our own kind ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪
♪ You kill the god your child has born ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom! Boom! ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Every time you drop the bomb ♪
(bicycle wheel whirring)

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