History Lesson

History Lesson - Boyd Rice

History's lesson is written in the blood

Of the vanquished

It is spelled down in the ruins

Of forgotten civilizations

In the monuments to their grandeur

And the monuments to their falling

History's lesson reveals that war is the

Father of all

And the king of all

And some he has made gods

Some men

Some bond

And some free

The history of the world

Is the history of wars

It is the history of people preying upon people

And people resisting predation

It's a struggle of competing societies

To survive in a world of natural biological

And socio political strife

That is why it is so difficult to turn a single page

Of history

Without reading of war

Combat

Strife

Revolution

Uprising

Invasion

Insurrection

Strike or some form of violence

The great heroes of history

Are the mass

Murderers of history

Alexander the great

Charlemagne

Genghis Khan and on and on and on

During the first three quarters of this century alone

More than 70 million people

Were killed as a results of wars

Revolutions

Insurrections

Rebellions

Massacres

Assassinations

Executions

Exterminations

General science

And so far

History's lesson reveals that

War is the father of all

And the king of all

And some he has made gods

Some men

Some bond

And some free