Behind Enemy Lines

Weve annihilated a nation now the retribution begins
Each day claims a life and a half dozen limbs
Violent backlash
The postwar fallout has turned into a bloodbath
Occupation not liberation
Nation building has been paved over by desperation
Trapped in this quagmire
American brutality throwing fuel on the fire
A sea of blood floods the occupied land
While the village idiot plays war in the sand
In the presidential sandbox hes out of harms way
Protected by the privilege that allows him to play
Thats shielded him from danger and still hides his desertion
And demands that those less privileged shoulder his burden
Hell sacrifice your life to provide his with privilege
Using his little toy soldiers as political leverage
hes got his bombs in the air and his pawns in a row
And thousands of broken toys buried six feet below
Retribution
His ignorant arrogance is being paid for with lives
Of the thousands of soldiers who fell for his lies
Hes annihilated a nation now the retribution begins
Each day claims a life and a half dozen libs
Hes sown the seeds for more hate and distrust
Hes justified their contempt for us
"The Christian crusader" taking on the gutter religion
In the name of god hes murdered their children
Hes a warmongering coward whos got blood on his hands
He sent his toys thousands of miles to draw a line in the sand
Now theres thousands of lines all illustrated in chalk
Slaughtered and maimed in what they were told would be a cakewalk
Retribution
His ignorant arrogance is being paid for with lives
Of the thousands of soldiers who fell for his lies
Hes annihilated a nation now the retribution begins
Each day claims a life and a half dozen limbs
He claims to be fighting the war against terror and winning
But we havent seen anything yet this is just the beginning
He invaded their land for alleged terrorist involvement
Now that lands become a breeding ground for actual
Recruitment
Where theyre kidnapping foreigners and cutting off heads
This is the extremism that our brutalitys bred
This is Bushs idea of making us safer
Escalating the violence and inviting more danger
Our presence in the middle east will always be resented and hated
Those occupied arent so easily placated
They see first hand the brutality and abuse
They dont have the situation spoon-fed to them by corporate news
They hear the cries of their children after weve severed their limbs
They see American soldiers torturing and killing civilians
How do we apologize to these children that we mutilated in error?
If we had to look in their eyes would we be able to look in the mirror?
Retribution
His ignorant arrogance is being paid for with lives
Of the thousands of soldiers who fell for his lies
Hes annihilated a nation now the retribution begins
Each day claims a life and a half dozen limbs
[ Retribution Lyrics ]