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War Lyrics by Henry Cow

In Praise of Learning

1975

[Hook]
Tell of the birth, tell how war appeared on earth
[Verse 1]
Thunder and herbs conjugated sacred verbs
Musicians with gongs fertilised an egg with song
Asleep in the sphere, her foetus was a knot of fear
She butted with her horn, split an egg and war was born
A miracle of hate, she banged her spoon against her plate
[Chorus]
Upon her spoon this motto, wonderfully designed:
"Violence completes the partial mind."
[Hook]
Tell of the birth, tell how war appeared on earth
[Break]
Musicians with gongs fertilised an egg with song
She butted with her horn split an egg and war was born
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Stacking the bones on the empty aerodrome
Tinted turtle green haunts the slender submarine
She shakes her gory locks over the deserted docks
[Verse 2]
Come follow me out of dark obscurity
Follow my torch, pilgrims at the double march
Through meadows and seas, abattoirs and libraries
The pilgrims increase, boasting they are led by peace
They gut huts with gusto, pillage villages with verve
War does what she has to, people get what they deserve
[Chorus]
Upon her spoon this motto, wonderfully designed:
"Violence completes the partial mind."
Credits
Henry Cow

Henry Cow

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"War" appears on "In Praise of Learning" in 1975.

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