DAMIAN WILSON – Battlelines
from the “Built for Fighting” album (2016)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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On battlelines they fire bullets
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And I don’t know why they do it
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Cause I can’t see what has ever been gained
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It seem to me through all this fighting
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That more’s achieved by words and writing
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Than any bullet fired through war or in rage
[Chorus 1]
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So what if we believed it’s all magical
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If it was up to me – watch the mighty fall
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We would all stand by and just laugh at war
[Verse 2]
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I understand though I don’t like it
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That we were made and built for fighting
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But can’t we put those tanks and bullets away
[Chorus 2]
D A E/G#
So what if we believed it’s all magical
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If it was up to me – watch the mighty fall
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We would all stand back and just laugh at war
[Bridge]
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[Chorus 3]
D A E/G#
So what if we believed it’s all magical
Bm A E/G#
If it was up to me – watch the mighty fall
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We would all stand back and just laugh at war
[Verse 3]
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For if we need to express our anger
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Well, we can shout but to talk’s much better
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Than taking all control and blowing away
[Chorus 4]
D A E/G#
So what if we believed it’s all magical
Bm A E/G#
If it was up to me – watch the mighty fall
Bm F#m E Bm
We would all stand back and just laugh at war
[Outro]
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On battlelines they fire bullets
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On battlelines they fire bullets
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