some say it s a combat zone trying to protect all the things that we own from the dare unknown some say we can t complain this favoured side of the earth our domain while the other side shudders in pain chorus some say we re all the same stone throwers living inside a glass cage some say that those who reign with all their power should take all the blame and our powerless disdain it s so easy chorus to say we re all the same each staggered birth born with the same love each weary breath worthy of the same hope chorus 