Holy War

Lyrics

If war is holy and sex is obscene
 We've got it twisted in this lucid dream
 Baptized in boundaries, schooled in sin
 Divided by difference, sexuality and skin
 Oh, so we can hate each other and fear each other
 We can build these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked in
 Yeah, we can hate each other and fear each other
 We can build these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked
 Oh, maybe we should love somebody
 Oh, maybe we could care a little more
 So maybe we should love somebody
 Instead of polishing the bombs of holy war
 What if sex was holy and war was obscene?
 And it wasn't twisted, what a wonderful dream
 Living for love, unafraid of the end
 Forgiveness is the only real revenge
 Oh, so we can heal each other and feel each other
 We can break these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself open, yourself open
 Yeah we can heal each other and feel each other
 We can break these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself open, you're open
 So maybe we should love somebody
 ♪
 Maybe we could care a little more
 So maybe we should love somebody
 Instead of polishing the bombs of holy war
 What if love was holy and hate obscene?
 We should give life to this beautiful dream
 'Cause peace and love ain't so far
 If we nurse our wounds before they scar
 Nurse our wounds before they scar
 
 If war is holy and sex is obscene
 We've got it twisted in this lucid dream
 Baptized in boundaries, schooled in sin
 Divided by difference, sexuality and skin
 Oh, so we can hate each other and fear each other
 We can build these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked in
 Yeah, we can hate each other and fear each other
 We can build these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself locked in, yourself locked
 Oh, maybe we should love somebody
 Oh, maybe we could care a little more
 So maybe we should love somebody
 Instead of polishing the bombs of holy war
 What if sex was holy and war was obscene?
 And it wasn't twisted, what a wonderful dream
 Living for love, unafraid of the end
 Forgiveness is the only real revenge
 Oh, so we can heal each other and feel each other
 We can break these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself open, yourself open
 Yeah we can heal each other and feel each other
 We can break these walls between each other
 Baby, blow by blow and brick by brick
 Keep yourself open, you're open
 So maybe we should love somebody
 ♪
 Maybe we could care a little more
 So maybe we should love somebody
 Instead of polishing the bombs of holy war
 What if love was holy and hate obscene?
 We should give life to this beautiful dream
 'Cause peace and love ain't so far
 If we nurse our wounds before they scar
 Nurse our wounds before they scar
 

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Duration
04:22
Tempo
132 BPM

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