Nightmare of death strikes us all

Precaution to prevent disaster

In the grip of fear mistakes are made

And paranoia becomes the master

We cannot trust the senile fool

Who rules our petty nation

We put our faith in technology

To save us from obliteration



In the race to win priorities lost

Victory assured at what cost?

Defense network spread far and wide

Works off human sacrifice

Radiation that leaves us dead

Won't harm circuits encased in lead

Countries of the world are robbed of life

Battles are waged by satellites



Machines are given full reign

Electronic soldiers feel no pain

If they win who's to gain?

Your fate is sealed by emotionless steel



Laser beams striking down

Premonitions of death for those on the ground

Man has created his own misery

What a bloodthirsty creature he has turned out to be

The earth lies stagnant in radioactive decay

Man is now fading away

Victims of the holocaust live in fear

For they soon know another war will be here



Machines are given full reign

Electronic soldiers feel no pain

If they win who's to gain?

Your fate is sealed by emotionless steel



Machines in power their purpose decreed

Annihilate the enemy

The humans that remain want the war to stop

They just can't turn the damn things off

Robot soldiers stalking the plains

Striking down the humans that remain

Rebuilding armies on the assembly line



So we can go to war one more time