Was It Worth It? Lyrics

Was it worth it?
You should start to ask
Cuz the answers lying
In the recent past
Remember how it went?
It was out of the blue
They came, they saw
They came flying through
The towers fell
It was marketed it well
They threw the lessons out
And kept the shell
It was fear
That was the main attraction
They scare you near to death
And you're afraid to take action
Was it worth it?

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Was it worth it?
War was in their sights
When we had just learned
First-hand what it's like
Was it worth it?

Where were we?
Some were watching it all
On Headline News
Shock and Awe
The night-vision flashes
Over Bagdad's sky
The bright green glare
We we're hypnotized
Then we fell asleep
Or our brains were clogged
Now we're stomping through Iraq
Like a big dumb dog
We're hungry
Richest country on the earth
Fulfilling our role
As a murderer
And it's dangerous
To act like this
Cuz the cycle will repeat
And come back to us
Was it worth it?

Was it worth it?
The torture trial
They caught em' red handed
And they're still in denial
Was it worth it?

Remember that
The Patriot Act passed
Everyone blinked
It happened that fast
No one read it
They just signed their names
Now they're filling up the cells
At Guantanamo Bay
And there's a lotta bullshit
Security cameras
Terror-level color schemed
Fear propaganda
Lots of stories on the news
Of a perpetual plan
Of some sleeper cell
From Afghanistan
Was it worth?

Was it worth it?
The facts denied
The daily car-bomb suicides
Was it worth it?

The burning homes
The bursting steel
The hyped up stories
The backroom deals
Everybody's against it
Who's been paying attention
Cept' a few still trapped
In some sick dimension
Where's it's profit first
Kill or be killed
Kill or be less-rich
Or just kill
For a power trip
Call it peace
They'll love it
Was it worth it?

Was it worth it?
The contract bids
The pictures of the kids with the missing limbs
Was it worth it?

Pay attention
That's my advice
Cuz a good magician
Never tries the same trick twice
And they're steps ahead
They study this
They study how to make
Themselves this rich
And they study us
How we react
How we take their shit
And don't talk back
And that's our fault
And now it's our turn
To look into the past
And learn
Was it worth it?

Was it worth it?
Would you still agree?
Do you feel more safe?
Do you feel more free?
Was it worth it?

4 years past since 9/11
And you can still board a plane with a loaded gun
Was it worth it?