My War Lyrics

[Chorus]
My war, you're one of them
You say that you're my friend
But you're one of them


[Verse 1]
You don't wanna see me live
You don't want me to give
Cause you're one of them

[Chorus]
My war, you're one of them
You say that you're my friend
But you're one of them
Them, them, them, them, them
Yeah!

[Screams]

[Chorus]
War, you're one of them
You say that you're my friend
But you're one of them

[Verse 2]
I might not know what a friend is
All I know is what you're not
Cause you're one of them, them
[Chorus]
My war, you're one of them
You said that you're my friend
But you're one of them
One of them, one of them
You're one of them

[Post-Chorus]
Yeah!
You're one of them
This time, this time
This lie
My life, my death

[Bridge]
I have a prediction; it lives in my brain
It's with me everyday; it drives me insane

I feel it in my heart, that if I had a gun
I feel it in my heart, I'd wanna kill some
I feel it in my heart, the end will come, come on


[Chorus]
My war, you're one of them
You say that you're my friend
But you're one of them

[Verse 3]
Tell me that I'm wrong
Try to sing me your ego song
You're one of them

[Chorus]
My war, you're one of them
You say that you're my friend
But you're one of them
You're one of them
You're one of them

[Screams]

[Outro]
Oh, you're one of them
You're one of them
I can't believe you
You're one of them
And you're one of them
And you're one of them
And you're one of them
One of them, them, them
Them, them, them, them, them

My war!

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Genius Annotation

“My War” is the first track on the album of the same name, released in 1984. The lyrics were penned by bassist Chuck Dukowski, who had founded the band with guitarist Greg Ginn, and was (according to Stevie Chick’s Spray Paint the Walls) “vibed out” by the latter over the course of a year, finally leaving for good in mid-1983 prior to the album’s recording sessions. Dukowski wrote the song in reaction to his treatment by Ginn.

The narrator of this song exhibits a drastic amount of social isolation, feeling that everyone is against him. The person(s) that he thought were his friends have now betrayed him, and he feels as though he has been left alone to fight his war.

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