Civil War
Axl Rose/Duff "Rose" McKagan/Izzy Stradlin/Slash Lyrics

What we've got here is failure to communicate.
There is a lack of communication here.

Some men you just can't reach
Some men cannot be reached.

So, you get what we had here last week,
The situation is repeating itself.

Which is the way he wants it!
This is exactly what he wants.

Well, he gets it!
And he gets what he wants.

N' I don't like it any more than you men.
We all disapprove of this situation.

Look at your young men fighting
Young men are fighting.

Look at your women crying
Women are crying.

Look at your young men dying
Young men are dying.

The way they've always done before
This is how things have always been.

Look at the hate we're breeding
We are breeding hate.

Look at the fear we're feeding
We are feeding fear.

Look at the lives we're leading
We are living our lives.

The way we've always done before
And we are doing it the same way we always have.

My hands are tied
I am unable to act.

The billions shift from side to side
Money moves around.

And the wars go on with brainwashed pride
Wars continue with pride in ideological indoctrination.

For the love of God and our human rights
In the name of God and human rights.

And all these things are swept aside
But all of these things are ignored.

By bloody hands time can't deny
Evidence shows that bloodshed happened.

And are washed away by your genocide
But it is covered up by genocide.

And history hides the lies of our civil wars
Historical records cover up the lies of civil wars.

D'you wear a black armband
Do you wear a black armband?

When they shot the man
When they killed the man.

Who said "Peace could last forever"
Who believed that peace could last forever.

And in my first memories
And in my earliest memories.

They shot Kennedy
They killed Kennedy.

I went numb when I learned to see
I was shocked when I learned the truth.

So I never fell for Vietnam
So I never supported the Vietnam War.

We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
We have the wall of Washington, D.C., as a reminder.

That you can't trust freedom
Freedom cannot be trusted.

When it's not in your hands
When you are not in charge of it.

When everybody's fightin'
When everyone is fighting.

For their promised land
For the land they were promised.

And I don't need your civil war
I do not want a civil war.

It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
A civil war benefits the rich but hurts the poor.

You're power hungry sellin' soldiers
You are power-hungry and selling soldiers.

In a human grocery store
Like they are merchandise in a store.

Ain't that fresh
That's not new.

Look at the shoes you're filling
Look at whose footsteps you are following.

Look at the blood we're spilling
Look at the blood we are shedding.

Look at the world we're killing
Look at how we are destroying the world.

The way we've always done before
Just like how we have always done it.

Look in the doubt we've wallowed
Look how we have been doubting ourselves.

Look at the leaders we've followed
Look at the leaders we have been following.

Look at the lies we've swallowed
Look how we have been accepting lies.

And I don't want to hear no more
I am tired of hearing it.

My hands are tied
I cannot do anything.

For all I've seen has changed my mind
My past experiences have changed my perspective.

But still the wars go on as the years go by
But wars continue despite the passage of time.

With no love of God or our human rights
Without God's love or respect for human rights.

and all these dreams are swept aside
And all these hopes are forgotten.

By bloody hands of the hypnotized
By the hands of the brainwashed.

Who carry the cross of homicide
Who commit murder in the name of their beliefs.

And history bears the scars of our civil wars
Historical records show the damage done by civil wars.

We practice selective annihilation
We intentionally kill specific people.

Of mayors and government officials
Mayors and government officials are targeted.

For example to create a vacuum
To create a power vacuum.

Then we fill that vacuum
Then we fill that vacuum with our own people.

As popular war advances
As we get further into the war.

Peace is closer
Peace becomes closer as the war progresses.

What's so civil 'bout war anyway?
War is not civil in any way.