Your War - Gender Roles

A- «I listen to everything, and I just get confused.

I try to soak it all in

like a sponge.»

B- «Yes, listening like a sponge, but is it a good way to listen?

Though you soak up everything, when you try to think about it;

it is still

confused.

It began one day, when we were playing a game;

a listening game.

We were going to try to identify different sounds on the record,

would you like to try it with us?

Listen to the next sound from the record

player.»

Honey, let the kids out, it’s bright outside

And I can still see to the end of the street

To you I am a stranger, nothing but a photoshopped picture

Pretending to care

If this is your war, then why have the fires already begun?

And I hate to see where you end up

The and the water are from the pipes outside your living room

And I’d like to see it happen soon

Here we have a problem situated close to home

And no one is safe when you put your fur coat on

I don’t even know why I’m standing on the front line

Trying to survive

How can it be, somehow I’m the villain here?

Short of breath and telling you the truth

With my right hand on a book

It’s becoming obvious, enough is enough

And finally, we can agree on something with meaning for once

If this is your war, then why have the fires already begun?

And I hate to see where you end up

The and the water are from the pipes outside

If this is your war, then why have the fires already begun?

And I hate to see where you end up

The and the water are from the pipes outside your living room

And I’d like to see it happen soon

So when I ask you to

Get out, get out while you still can