The Elephant [Italian translation]

I know, I’ve never been to a war

And hope I never have to see

My world go up in flames

Without greed nor desire

All wars be a feast of death

And the truth goes by with a bodyguard of lies

They feed on our fears,

War’s a contagion

A tiny child learned to build a wall

He has built a wall

He has sealed the door

He has been to war

He will wage war

The shortest war in recorded history took place in 1896

When Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after 38 minutes.

The longest war was the so-called 100-year war

Between Britain and France.

It actually lasted 116 years, ending in 1453.

One out of every two casualties of war

Is a civilian caught in the crossfire.

There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at seas.

The doors that cover the US nuclear silos

Weigh 748 tons and open in 19 seconds. Wow.

About 50% of arms exports

Go to non-democratic regimes.

Since 1495, no 25-year period has been without war.

Since 1815 there have been more than 210 interstate wars.

The NATO attack on Serbia in 1999 during

The Kosovo war killed more animals than people.

The very first bomb the Allies dropped

On Berlin in World War II killed the only

Elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo

A victim of that madness

No war ends ‘till the war is won

Our template of doom

They will kill the only elephant in your town too

Blue diamond, lifeless, formless

Little Boy Blue, like his papa once too

Blood will stay on the blade

Children will learn to destroy the things they can’t build

Killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo

A victim of that madness

No war ends 'till the war is won

Our template of doom

They will kill the only elephant in your town too

Black diamond, lifeless, formless

Little Boy Blue, like his papa once too

Blood will stay on the blade

He will go to war

He will build a wall

He will seal the door

He will end all wars