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Smart Weapons

REAPER RISING IN THE WEST SKY
WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE FOR THE GUN-SHY
GLOBAL VIOLENCE IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT
WE BROUGHT A BOMBER TO A FIST FIGHT

TARGET PAINTED AND THE STRIKE'S ON
BUDGET ITEM FOR THE PENTAGON
NINETY BUNKERS WITH THE BARBED WIRE
ALL LOOK THE SAME BUT YOU STILL FIRE

THEY CAUGHT YOU WHINING ON THE WIRETAP
SOME BILLIONAIRE WHO NEEDS A DIRT NAP
WEAPON PUSHER TRYING TO SAVE FACE
THE FUCK WERE YOU THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE

BURNING TENEMENTS TO WASTELAND
A KNUCKLEDRAGGER'S GOT TO GRANDSTAND
MURDER JUNKIES GET THE AIRTIME
FOR PROFITEERING FROM A WAR CRIME

SMART WEAPONS, PINPOINT HOMICIDE
SMART WEAPONS, TARGET PURIFIED
EXISTENCE DENIED

WE FOUND THE TORTURED AFTER NIGHTFALL
WHO DEVIATED FROM THE PROTOCOL
YOUR POLITICIAN GOT A KICKBACK
SO NOW YOU'RE ARMING EVERY MANIAC

CHILDREN RUNNING JUST A BIT LATE
YOU’VE GOT A HOLY LAND TO DESECRATE
CAN’T BE BOTHERED BY APARTHEID
UNLESS IT HAPPENS ON THE OTHER SIDE

SMART WEAPONS, PINPOINT HOMICIDE
SMART WEAPONS, TARGET PURIFIED
EXISTENCE DENIED
 
ADOLESCENT ON THE GAME DECK
BOTTOM BIDDER WITH THE KILL TECH
CRAVEN ORDERS OF A PSYCHOPATH
HALF A PLANET FROM THE BLOODBATH

DEEP IN HIDING AND THEY WAIT FOR THE HAMMER TO FALL
AMMUNITION HERE TO JUDGE, TRY, SENTENCE THEM ALL
NEVER GUILTY ‘CAUSE IT’S UNMANNED, NO ONE TO BLAME
CONSOLATION FOR A DEAD LAND, CITIES AFLAME

SMART WEAPONS, PINPOINT HOMICIDE
SMART WEAPONS, TARGET PURIFIED
EXISTENCE DENIED

SMART WEAPONS, PINPOINT HOMICIDE
SMART WEAPONS, TARGET PURIFIED
EXISTENCE DENIED

From the album The New Republic [MET 1325]
Lyrics by Thomas Mark Anthony · © & ® 2023 Metropolis Records