This Is Why We Fight
by The Decemberists
From the album: The King Is Dead
Track 9 of 10 on The King Is Dead (2011).
Duration: 05:30
Lyrics for This Is Why We Fight
Come the war Come the avarice Come the war Come hell Come attrition Come the reek of bones Come attrition Come hell And this is why Why we fight Why we lie awake This is why This is why we fight And when we die We will die With our arms unbound This is why This is why we fight Come hell Bride of quiet Bride of all unquiet things Bride of quiet Bride of hell Come the archers Come the infantry Come the archers Of hell And this is why Why we fight Why we lie awake This is why This is why we fight And when we die We will die With our arms unbound This is why This is why we fight Come hell So come to me Come to me now Lay your arms around me This is why This is why we fight Come hell