Holy War - Matthew Sweet

I’ve spent twenty years learning to live

In a world that takes back all that it gives

But I do not want a war

'cause I’m not in for killing another man

Defending my holy land

As if there’s a God who would understand

Feeding the promised land

With your blood by my own hand

At allah’s own command

At allah’s own command

I’ve spent twenty years learning to live

In a world that takes back all that it gives

But I do not want a war

I don’t know what’s going on In the scenes behind

I worry about it some of the time

And I hope there’s not a war

'cause I’m not in for killing another man

Defending my holy land

As if there’s a God who would understand

And I would walk across highways

To find my fate

If that might settle your crude debate

But I do not want a war

'cause I’m not in for killing another man

Defending my holy land

As if there’s a God who would understand

Feeding the promised land

With your blood by my own hand

At allah’s own command

At allah’s own command

I came up from the desert and here I will die

Tooth for tooth and an eye for an eye

Though I didn’t want a war

I went in for killing another man

Defending my holy land

As if there’s a God who would understand

As if there’s a God who would understand

I went in for killing another man

Defending my holy land

As if there’s a God who would understand

As if there’s a God who would understand

Oh yeah…