Desastrophies of War

Desastrophies of War

Lyrics by Spatilomantis 2003-4

Converts to an instant faith

submit to a colonial wraith;

Whores of alien technology;

coercion dispels ideology.

You had to abandon beliefs,

unable to withstand the grief;

Your ancient gods are still there

but your children forgot where!

Your lands were taken and tamed;

resettled, reshaped, and renamed;

Adopting laws and traditions;

believing in new superstitions.

Women on grass beds laid;

Men mastered under the blade.

Infusion of weakness and scorn;

under bright flags babies born…

The reeking dust

hovers over the fields,

contorting to the whims

of the breeze.

Its deftness betrays not

the tale it wields,

that would sicken

the hardest heart with ease.

It is all that remains

of a spent progeny,

once youthful and strong,

and iron of will.

It stands as a monument

to the sinful tragedy

that still resounds

through the valleys and hills.

The primordial forces

that created sapiens

have exercised

their rights of démontage!

The hands that cupped our races

are by nature alien,

and our doom, try as they might,

could not assuage!

Conspicuous motives

that fueled a stalemate

were behind glossy words

and closed doors.

Betrayals were vindictive

in the interest of the state,

whose virtues were slurred

by desastrophies of war!