The Dogs of War

Описание: I wrote the original version of this song in 2010 but I made several changes over the years and the song remained unfinished. I asked my friend Emmanuel Gilligan in Houston, Texas if he would like to contribute a guitar part and he did a great job of capturing the essence of the lyrics. David Edery in France recorded the drums and I did the rest. Thanks guys!

Special thanks to MAK @sup.giraffe for the great art!



Recent world events reminded me to finish the song and make this video with the hope that someday the nations of the world will abandon the idea of military conflicts and the suffering and misery that wars cause. We need to put the big dogs of the armaments industry under a microscope and closely examine the production and sales of military grade weapons and put their master out of business. Yes, perhaps it's a dream but it's certainly a dream worth dreaming!

The Dogs of War

The dogs of war are runnin' wild beneath a blood-red moon
A hellish fire is burnin' in their eyes.
Chains of steel bind them to their unseen master's hand
He turns them loose first on the left, then on the right.

Like magic guns and bombs appear wherever there is strife
And reap their bloody harvest of men,
young and old and women, soldiers, stark and staring dead eyes cold, the ripened fruit of someone else's sin.

The cannons fire another round
The warning sirens start to sound
Greedy missiles always seeking more....
To feed the dogs of war.

The master of the dogs of war is like Satan's only son.
When he says "Jump!" governments say, "How high?"
He orchestrates their politics and rules behind the scenes
With flattery and subterfuge and lies.

Money has no hold on him
He doles it out to lesser men
Like hungry little pigs they fight for more.
He craves for power and control
The lust to rule corrupts his soul
He subjugates the rich and gives the poor....
To feed the dogs of war.

The lust of war is in the heart and the roots are strong and deep. What's sown by the hand of evil, by the sword is reaped. When hearts change, love and light will reign and everyone will know That here on earth there are no dogs of war
The bells of freedom start to sound
And soldiers throw their weapons down
All nations swear that they will fight no more....
Or feed the dogs of war.
Or heed the dogs of war.
We don’t need the dogs of war.
The dogs of war....