The Bravery of Being out
Roger Waters Lyrics

You have a natural tendency
You possess an inherent inclination

To squeeze off a shot
To take a quick shot or fire at someone/something

You're good fun at parties
You're entertaining and enjoyable at social gatherings

You wear the right masks
You put up a facade or put on a fake persona that is socially acceptable

You're old but you still
You're aged but nonetheless

Like a laugh in the locker room
You find humor in masculine, colloquial spaces

You can't abide change
You cannot tolerate or accept change

You're at home on the range
You're comfortable in the rural, western way of living

You opened your suitcase
You revealed or presented something

Behind the old workings
Behind the old mechanisms or operations

To show off the magnum
To flaunt the large gun

You deafened the canyon
You caused a loud echo in the valley

A comfort a friend
A source of reassurance and closeness

Only upstaged in the end
But ultimately overshadowed

By the Uzi machine gun
By the Uzi's rapid firing power

Does the recoil remind you
Does the recoil make you think of

Remind you of sex
Remind you of the pleasures of sex

Old man what the hell you gonna kill next
Old man, who or what are you going to kill next?

Old timer who you gonna kill next
Old timer, who are you going to kill next?

I looked over Jordan and what did I see
I surveyed Jordan and observed

Saw a U.S. Marine in a pile of debris
Saw a U.S. Marine lying in a heap of rubble

I swam in your pools
I enjoyed your luxuries or privileges

And lay under your palm trees
And relaxed under your palm trees

I looked in the eyes of the Indian
I gazed into the eyes of the Native American

Who lay on the Federal Building steps
Who was prone on the steps of the Federal Building

And through the range finder over the hill
And through the optical instrument used for aiming over the hill

I saw the front line boys popping their pills
I witnessed the soldiers on the front line taking drugs or pills

Sick of the mess they find
Weary of the chaos they encounter

On their desert stage
On their barren, desolate battlefield

And the bravery of being out of range
And the courage of being in a safe distance from the battlefield

Yeah the question is vexed
Yes, the question is problematic or difficult

Old man what the hell you gonna kill next
Old man, who or what are you going to kill next?

Old timer who you gonna kill next
Old timer, who are you going to kill next?

Hey bartender over here
Excuse me bartender

Two more shots
Two more drinks

And two more beers
And two more glasses of beer

Sir turn up the TV sound
Sir, increase the volume on the TV

The war has started on the ground
The war has commenced on the field

Just love those laser guided bombs
I admire those bombs that use lasers for guidance

They're really great
They are truly excellent or impressive

For righting wrongs
For correcting injustices

You hit the target
You successfully hit the expected mark

And win the game
And emerge as the victor

From bars 3,000 miles away
From the comforting distance of 3,000 miles away

3,000 miles away
A distance of 3,000 miles away

We play the game
We participate in the war

With the bravery of being out of range
With the courage of being outside the danger zone

We zap and maim
We attack and injure

We strafe the train
We target the train with gunfire

We gain terrain
We capture more land

With the bravery of being out of range
With the courage of being outside the danger zone

With the bravery of being out of range
With the courage of being outside the danger zone

We play the game
We participate in the war

With the bravery of being out of range
With the courage of being outside the danger zone