Politicians always play their tricks And their fingers are thicker Than a cigarette mixed with a beard And a beard mixed With [? Saying \"I haven't been here\" On the eve of loss That's when I heard someone say \"There are so many wars today This is not just a mask\" \"No This is not war Darling\" \"And this is not just a casket\" \"No This is not war Darling\" \"No This is not war\" October 7th 2023 I was too young to see That this is not an act And this is not just a pact And this is not simply a black And this is not simply a whitefall (Mysteriously outed) And this is not just a battle (Mystical late witness) And this is not simply a crisis (No longest sleeping song) And this is not simply a wound And this is not simply a victim (\"You've have y'self a war there, buddy\") And this is not simply a period And this is not simply a sin (At last, they reappear) And this is not simply a warning For this is not war No For this is not war No For this is not war Darling For this is not just a mask And this is not war Darling And this is not just a casket And this is not war Darling Shadows of a mask Are not just for the children Generals in white They are off to their white wars A story too cold to leave untold Of a home I never had But a grandmother held by the hand So desperate to trade sand Circles widening by command Along the surface of the plan