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Bob McPeek and Tribal Disorder - The Ways of War

from Mixing Metaphors by Bob McPeek (with Band Together, Polyphony, and Tribal Disorder)

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Part of this song came from a dream melody, and the reference to hand weapons of war I think is a product of watching the Outlander series. This was the perfect track to commemorate the local Gainesville, Florida, Veterans for Peace Memorial Day celebration. See video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTCFGAXfhY

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Ways of War (April 15, 2021)

I stand upon this field of death
Where thousands drew their final breath
I’ve come to pay my last respects and ask what they died for

A thousand generations’ blood
Has flown like rivers through the mud
Tributaries to the flood of centuries of war

Did the treaty last? Not long at all
Till the cannon blast and the musket ball
The die was cast when the bugle called us all to the ways of war

With pointed sticks and sharpened stones
We rip the flesh and break the bones
Tyrants lusting for the throne no matter what the cost

We point our missiles at the sky
Let slip the dogs of war to fly
How many billions more must die till we comprehend the loss?

Alexander, Caesar, Genghis Khan
The Kremlin and the Pentagon
Arrows, spears, and smarter bombs
Such are the ways of war

Did the treaty last? Not long at all
Till the cannon blast and the musket ball
The die was cast when the bugle called us all to the ways of war

So we lay the wreath and plant the cross
An ever longer list of loss
The tragic toll, the tortured thoughts
The cost of the ways of war

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from Mixing Metaphors, track released March 1, 2022
See album notes. Darryl Tookes, lead vocals. Longineu Parsons II, trumpet

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Bob McPeek Gainesville, Florida

The founder of Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, Florida, Bob McPeek has produced, engineered, and/or played on at least 10,000 songs for artists as diverse as Bo Diddley, River Phoenix, and Less Than Jake.

Mixing Metaphors is his first solo album of original material, showcasing the considerable songwriting, performing, and producing skills applied for his own material at long last. ... more

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