Story Behind The Song

Saddam Hussein and the insanity of the Middle-East wars.

Song Description

Was written about the wars in the Middle-East and repeated failures of US policies based upon faulty/myopic logic.

Lyrics

Illogical Fate

Trigger bent dictators with history to catch
March into the tinderbox lighting the match
And when the drum beats strange, a beat we don?t comprehend
The sound bites quick but the story won?t end

When the books are written, lessons are taught
When the facts are remembered but the feelings forgot
When the words echo silent, in intellectual debate
As though logical lessons could alter Illogical fate

The desert sands speak to the sins of the past
They heal our wounds but they won?t mend fast
Well it?s easy to rally to a bugles shrill cry
When victory is quick and when it?s other that die

When the books are written, lessons are taught
When the facts are remembered but the feelings forgot
When the words echo silent, in intellectual debate
As though logical lessons could alter Illogical fate

In the halls of Washington, when negotiations fail
They try to appeal to reason, but the logic?s to no avail
Editorials state the obvious, at least to a sane man?s mind
But when push comes to shove, that ain?t the world we?re in now what did you expect to find?

Easy solutions that role from the tongue
To age old battles that no one has one
With the detached thinking, like a surgeon?s calm hand
We try for a future that we don?t understand
Quick decisions with long repercussions
Plenty of time after for Monday morning discussions
In the name of education, and of history
Of scholarly knowledge of what we want to be

When the books are written, lessons are taught
When the facts are remembered but the feelings forgot
When the words echo silent, in intellectual debate
As though logical lessons could alter Illogical fate