I Wear This Because Life Is War! Songtext / Lyric

They left me in this battle field

where the sunlight cut my eyes.

I brave the fray but I was afraid

when my best friend's mother died.

I was raised an honest man

but taught an honest man must learn to lie.



And this road was built by honest men

who honest lived and honest died.



My darling put a spear in me,

from my blind side, through my back.

She really made a fool of me

but the fool in me just wants her back.

But foolish men are first to find

that fooling fools ain't fooling facts.



And this road was built by foolish men

who fought like fools for the things they lack.






I keeps my pistol off the safety catch

and a crowbar in my jeans.

The devil tells me to "look alive"

so I keeps an apple on each sleeve.

I'm miles away from that shining light

but I know that's where I ought to be.



And this road was built by shining lights

but any chances lit is a chance to leave.



I scheme a mile a minute darling,

you seem to run a mile a man.

I'm done with all this dodging darling,

I do the best with what I can.

But these penniless predicaments

are just more than a man can stand.



And this road was built from nothing

but a hard idea and heavy hands.



I'm plagued by empty pockets pally,

empty heads and empty eyes.

They salute my growling stomach

'cause they're hungry for what's on my mind.

But thoughtful men are first to find

that thinking free don't mean you're fine.



And this road was built by thoughtful men

who though like fools of the things they'd find.