Story Behind The Song

Iraq

Song Description

Looks at the good vs. evil mentality of our culture. The movies tell us the good guys and bad guys are always well-defined and that the good guys always win

Lyrics

Eye For an Eye

An eye for an eye = blindness
An eye for an eye = blindness

Here?s the story: you got a good guy
And you got a bad guy, a bully, an evil villain
And the bad guy takes the good guy?s woman
Or steals his horses, or kills his loved ones
Pick your plot, it?s the same in the movies
Bad guy?s dead, good guy lives happy ever after

An eye for an eye = victory (but only in the movies)
An eye for an eye = victory (but only in the movies)

It?s the story of George, the story of Mel,
The story of Osama, this story we sell
It?s the story of Crusades, the story of David,
The story of Adolph and Darby?s hell
The story of fear, a story of pain,
A story that repeats itself again and again

An eye for an eye = blindness
An eye for an eye = blindness

Here?s the story: You got these people
Who believe in the power of love
They?re so silly
They think that problems can be solved without a gun
They?re willing to turn the other cheek over and over

An eye for an eye = blindness (but only in real life)
An eye for an eye = blindness (but only in real life)

It?s the story of Jesus, the story of Buddha
The story of Gandhi and Martin Luther
The story of Ashoka, the story of Amma, the story of the Peace Man on the corner
It?s a story for our time, lying deep inside, calling out

An eye for an eye = blindness
An eye for an eye = blindness

An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye equals blindness