Another day in paradise, where peace talks are merely the intermission between bombing campaigns, and the only thing spreading faster than Ebola is the distinct feeling that we're all utterly doomed. Israel is busy 'crushing' Hezbollah whilst Iran cries foul over a ceasefire violation, though one suspects their definition of 'peace' is rather flexible. Meanwhile, the World Cup rolls on with Iran housed in Mexico like a fugitive relative, anti-abortion activists are apparently unable to distinguish between human babies and marsupials, and Australia's anti-corruption chief resigns amidst corruption allegations—a level of irony that would be delicious if it weren't so desperately tragic.
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[Shortwave radio static, distant sirens]
[Verse 1]
Eleven dead in a single village
The Prime Minister vows to crush them flat
Peace talks continue in Doha withstillness
While American bombs explain the format
There's a certain way these things are done
You negotiate whilst firing the gun
Iran calls it a gross violation
I call it the standard operation
[Chorus]
Ceasefire means ceasefire
Except when it doesn't
And it never does
Ceasefire means ceasefire
Except when it doesn't
And it never will
[Breaking glass percussion, radio interference]
[Verse 2]
The Iranian football team booked into Tijuana
Because the United States said no
They play their matches on American soil
But sleep where they're told to go
The World Cup brings the nations together
In a spirit of goodwill and sport
Unless you're from the wrong latitude
Then you're deported for thought
[Bridge]
Ebola's outpacing the response again
The W.H.O. wring their hands on cue
Neighbouring countries at imminent risk
And the familiar refrain comes through
We've heard this song a dozen times
The virus travels, the funding's late
And the world watches through a screen
As the bodycount accumulates
[Bass drops out, only static and sirens]
[Verse 3]
Back home the landlords won't install solar
Because the tenants would get the gain
And corruption investigators are being investigated
For corruption—explain that again
The commissioner resigned in a hurry
Declared his staff were terrified
Of making mistakes whilst he was stealing
The system works when it's properly applied
[Outro]
An anti-abortion activist held up sugar gliders
Mistook them for aborted twins
And that's the level of discourse now
That's the debate we're living in
That's the debate we're living in
[Radio static fades to silence]