The warnings keep a sounding
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 00:15
By Darren Weeks
The warnings keep a sounding
Louder, louder they are abounding
And the pressure is a mounting
For terror, there must be accounting
See the smoke from buildings tall
Watch them, in horror, fall
In the turmoil of it all
'Opportunity' for global cause
Is there something we're not seein'?
Indeed, most would not believe in
And as the widows be a grievin'
Common sense will be a leavin'
Now the warnings keep a sounding
Louder, louder they are abounding
And the pressure is a mounting
For terror, there must be accounting
Yellow, orange, or is it red?
Can scarcely sleep, when time for bed
Al Qaeda bogeymen, we must watch?
Business partners to White House boss
"We're fighting for our freedom"
we're told as men are bleedin'
In the trenches, they are needin'
The truth for their heedin'
Yet no truth will swiftly come
There's more fighting to be done
Many theatres yet to be won
"Enlist ye yet, my son?"
And the warnings keep a sounding
Louder, louder they are abounding
And the pressure is a mounting
For terror, there must be accounting
What is this that I hear?
There is terror among us, we fear!
New measures to be secure
Watchful eyes everywhere!
ID cards, retina scans,
Print the palms of your hands
Complain and speak your mind
A prison cell you will find
Go get chipped, it won't hurt
Grind your liberty in the dirt
Yet for freedom boys are dying
Patriotism leaves mothers crying
Fight ye brave souls, without dread!
Fill your enemies with lead
Of you it will be said
That for your country, you are dead
Because the warnings keep a sounding
Louder, louder they are abounding
And the pressure is a mounting
For terror, there must be accounting
"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen? It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"
— George W. Bush's mother, Barbara Bush, on ABC/Good Morning America, March 18, 2003