With Propaganda Aforethought

  We’ve been here before

  And we’ll be here again,

  This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

  The drums of war sounding

  Now and then.

  You’d think we’d learn

  Mayhaps understand

  Yet still we kill

  At another’s command.

  Hollow bitter lies which we’ve been sold before

  Are made good and right by the drums of war

  Put down that gun

  Let us kill no more

  And head not the drums

  The drums of war.