Scars Are All the Same

Verse 1

Tanks roll through the valley in the morning rain

Mothers hold their children close again

I watched the smoke rise over fields I used to know

Nobody's counting all the seeds they never grow

Pre-Chorus

Who collects the medals when the hearts are broken

Who wears the glory when the words are spoken

Chorus

How no one wins a war

How no one wins a war

Every flag a different colour but the scars are all the same

How no one wins a war

Verse 2

Diplomats shake hands behind the heavy doors

While the young ones learn to count the empty chairs

I've seen the photographs in faded black and white

Same old promises that never make it right

Pre-Chorus

Who goes to the parades when the dust is settled

Who holds the triumph while the hope is whetted

Chorus

How no one wins a war

How no one wins a war

Every flag a different colour but the scars are all the same

How no one wins a war

Bridge

Break your cannon break your crown

Bury the banner take it down

Every soldier every son

Lay the weapons lay them down

Chorus

How no one wins a war

How no one wins a war

Every flag a different colour but the scars are all the same

How no one wins a war

Outro

No one wins

No one wins