Petrodollar Wars

from Patriot Child by Lilou & John

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"Petrodollar Wars" started out as a song about the My Lai massacre and was written late one night in 2017 and Lilou gave the text its characteristic primal energy just a few days later. During the autumn of 2017, as the Syrian civil war raged on and the interference of foreign powers became more and more obvious, the song title, originally "Purgatory", was changed into "Petrodollar Wars" to make it match the revolutionary approach of the album. The song is a deep dive into the mental world of a mercenary made cynical by war and his attempt to distance himself from his own actions.

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Just a little ray of sunshine
Shimmers through the cloudy sky
Just a little angel singing
Sings so softly like a child
And you got that rhythm in your heart

Just a little village down there
Down below the deep green wood
Just a little river running
And the people that you would
Save if you could stop and press restart

Do all that you never dreamed of doing
Caring is the issue not the knowing

Just a little farmer working
Worries running cross his face
Just a little thought you're sharing
With yourself cos there's no place
Where you can share the pieces of your heart

Just a little chopper roaring
Machine guns rattling 'tween the trees
Just a little soldier laughing
The people here cry iron tears
So they won't blame you when you do your part

Do all that you never dreamed of doing
Caring is the issue not the knowing

Just a little girl comes running
Screaming and you open fire
Just the little houses burning
Smoke that rises to the sky
Darkness deep as all that's in your heart

Just a little game is over
Gun in hand and boots back on
Just a little memory fading
Into something you call gone
Maybe it was just a work of art

Do all that you never dreamed of doing
Caring is the issue not the knowing

Do all that you never dreamed of doing
Caring is the issue not the knowing

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from Patriot Child, released January 1, 2018

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Eclectic heterodox shadowband creating music for introspective dissent in Drone City.

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