WarGames III

U.S. MILITARY DEATHS (IRAQ): 2886
U.S. MILITARY WOUNDED (IRAQ): 21778
IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATHS (MIN): 49021
'EXCESS' IRAQI DEATHS: 655000

This is a tune that was inspired by Cydniko's Wargames. When I hear the tune, I wrote lyrics for it and made a rough recording of it. Because that particular tune was written for a video game, I took the lyrics and inspiration behind it and put it to new music, trying to capture the same feeling Cydniko's original piece evoked in me.

This is one of the more difficult pieces I've worked on. It incorporates drum loops, guitar, live trumpet, three part live French horns, lots of vocal harmony parts - 36 different elements in all. It is far from being technically perfect. The live trumpet and horn parts have problems and the mix is not great, but I've kind of reached the limit to what I can do with it right now and, honestly, I just can't work on it any more and I wanted to at least get it out there for people to hear.

Thanks to Dion for the work that inspired this and here's hoping that someday soon the insanity we are currently engaged in will be a thing of the past.

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Wargames

©2006 Joseph Gurner

Look into their eyes
See the fear in their dreams

Like a phantom on the wind
It feeds upon their screams

Boots hit the ground
and blood hits the sand

Another fallen Mother’s child
brings the hate to life again


Can’t you hear the crying
drifting on the wind

See the smoke at sunrise
These Wargames never end


Look into the eyes
of the men who send their young to war

Namesless faces, faceless names
Sacrificed on distant shores

Flag draped coffins are never seen
And we hide the tear stained eyes

Honor, courage, sacrifice
Are buried under lies

Can’t you hear the crying
drifting on the wind

See the smoke at sunrise
These Wargames never end

The Wargames never end

The Wargames never end


Can’t you hear the crying
drifting on the wind

See the smoke at sunrise
These Wargames never end

The Wargames never end

The Wargames never end


Look into our eyes
See the fear in our dreams

Like the phantom on the wind
It feeds upon our screams

Blood on our hands
and tears in our eyes

How many of our sons and daughters
Will fall before it ends

Can’t you hear the crying
drifting on the wind

See the smoke at sunrise
These Wargames never end

The Wargames never end

The Wargames never end

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