once the hype is all over and the new world has sobered
you´ll see that desert storm was a hunt for red october
since the war can´t get colder it´s form must get bolder
from the white cliffs of dover, ´you army needs you poster´
enforced authority from a foreign policy with immune diplomacy
and the plague an entity that´s against democracy
globe in state of emergency... the soviet bureaucracy
but now the enemy´s a fundamentalist residing in the middle east
beware the beast who use deceit as a bargaining tool for peace
the cost of battle in defeat or victory remains a bleak
dichotomy to patronise the meek... the devil never sleeps
have you come across or seen the bliss of the innocent who dream
to achieve fame and critical acclaim upon his playground
ex pats are proud they sold out and say it loud
funny how i thought the time was now to bring the curtain down
but the characters refuse to bow, to audiences held hostage in this playhouse
Dedicated to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was killed in Baghdad on 19 August 2003
