That Wars Are Fought

Song Description

Each verse contains a different color (black, white, red, and yellow) - the skin color of people. The first verse is oil/coal/fossil fuels, the second is drugs or it could be interpreted as gun powder, the third is wine/alcohol, and the fourth is gold/nuclear power (did you know that gold comes from the dust of exploded stars?). People are using natural things, corrupting them, and then starting wars (in their homes, on the streets, and against other countries) over what man has made them.

Song Length 5:06 Genre , Classical - General
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Moving, Serene Subject War, Peace
Similar Artists Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan Language English
Era 1960 - 1969

Lyrics

The ink bleeds black into the desert.
The black clay waits to turn to diamond
that wars are fought to buy
that wars are fought to buy

The tree cries white into the forest.
The white tears wait to turn to powder
that wars are fought to buy
that wars are fought to buy

The fruit spills red into the vineyard.
The red pulp waits to turn to pleasure
that wars are fought to buy
that wars are fought to buy

The star bursts yellow into the heavens.
The yellow dust waits to turn to power
that wars are fought to buy
that wars are fought to buy.

Lyrics Cameron Blake Music Cameron Blake
Producer Cameron Blake and Geoff Knorr Performance Cameron Blake and members of the Peabody Conservatory of Music

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