The tank platoon is moving slow We hear the rolling thunder grow Over our heads a heavy cloud of planes The aircraft-carrier in the bay Is sending arrows in the sky The button's pushed, a way of no return And so we're shooting, we're shooting pictures of war That's war We're executing in the name of a star That's war That will be shining alone in the sky That's war And so we're fighting only to die We sleep in trenches bound to die Rocked by a cannon lullaby The actors of the final power play And so we're shooting, we're shooting pictures of war That's war We're executing in the name of a star That's war That will be shining alone in the sky That's war And so we're fighting only to die