Where Duty Calls

Lyrics

In a room in Lebanon
 They silently slept
 They were dreaming crazy dreams
 In foreign alphabet
 Lucky young boys
 Cross on the main
 The driver was approaching
 The American zone
 The waving of hands
 The tiniest train
 They never dreamed
 They'd never wake again
 Voice of the Swarm
 We follow we fall
 Kneel for priests, some wail at walls
 Flag on a match head guardin' the law
 And they'll all go together
 Where duty calls
 
 ♪
 United children
 Child of Iran
 Parallel prayers
 Baseball Koran
 I'll protect Mama
 I'll lie awake
 I'll die for Allah
 In a holy war
 I'll be a ranger
 I'll guard the streams
 I'll be a soldier
 A sleeping Marine
 Voice of the Swarm
 We follow we fall
 Kneel for priests, some wail at walls
 Flag on a match head guarding the law
 And they'll all go together
 Where duty calls
 ♪
 In the heart of the ancient
 Ali smiles
 In the soul of the desert
 The sun blooms
 Awake
 ♪
 Into the glare of all our little wars
 Who pray to salute
 The coming and dying of the moon
 Oh, sleeping sun, ooh
 Assassin in prayer
 Laid a compass deep
 Exploding dawn
 And himself as well
 Their eyes for his eyes
 Their breath for his breath
 All to his end
 And a room in Lebanon
 Dust of scenes
 Erase and blend
 May the blanket of Kings
 Cover them and him
 Voice of the Swarm, we follow we fall
 Kneel for priests, some wail at wall
 Flag on a match head guarding the law
 And they'll all go together
 Where duty calls
 ♪
 Forgive them Father
 They know not what they do
 From the vast portals of their consciousness
 They're calling to you
 Room in Lebanon
 There's room in Lebanon
 

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Song Details

Duration
07:48
Key
9
Tempo
141 BPM

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