Song des Tages: This Is War

(Thirty Seconds To Mars: "This Is War", aus dem gleichnamigen Album, 2009 [Video: 2011])


If we don't end war
war will end us. (H.G. Wells)
This is a song about peace.
A warning to the people, the good and the evil
This is war
To the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim
This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight
To fight, to fight, to fight

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world

A warning to the prophet, the liar, the honest
This is war
Oh, to the leader, the pariah, the victim, the messiah
This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight
To fight, to fight, to fight

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world

I do believe in the light
Raise your hands up to the sky
The fight is done, the war is won
Lift your hands toward the sun

Toward the sun ... the war is won

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world from the last to the first

To the right, to the left
We will fight to the death
To the edge of the earth
It's a brave new world, it's a brave new world
It's a brave new world

A brave new world
The war is won
The war is won
A brave new world.



Anmerkung: Das Video spricht für sich selbst. Am Schluss wird uns dort lapidar mitgeteilt: © 2011 Sisyphus Productions. Ob beabsichtigt oder nicht: Eine feinere und gleichzeitig so bittere und bitterböse Ironie habe ich wirklich selten zuvor so bewusst wahrgenommen.