Album 8: War Never Changes
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Album 8: War Never Changes
War Never Changes brings everything full circle, stripping away the humor and optimism to confront the one truth that survived every era: conflict endures. The album feels heavier, more reflective—less about surviving the wasteland and more about understanding how it came to be. Through stories of soldiers, leaders, and ordinary people caught in repeating cycles, it explores the inevitability of war and the quiet tragedy of never learning from it.
It’s powerful, sobering, and deeply human, making it a perfect fit for Fallout tabletop RPG stories that focus on moral choices, consequences, and the realization that even in a new world, the same old mistakes are waiting to be made again.
Tracklist:
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1. Just Another Day
Verse 1
Morning light on window glass
Same routine, it always lasts
Paper says it’s all okay
Nothing new… just another day
Chorus
Just another day we say
Keep your eyes and look away
Just another day goes by
No one asks the question why
Just another day again
We pretend it’s not the end
Verse 2
Sirens cry but no one turns
Quiet talk of distant burns
Names dissolve in printed lines
Lost between the daily signs
Chorus
Just another day we say
Nothing here will drift our way
Just another day we stand
Far from where the fires began
Just another day we lie
Tell ourselves we’ll be just fine
Verse 3
Light breaks through a painted sky
Too bright for the naked eye
People pause then move along
Like they don’t see something wrong
Bridge
We hear it…
We feel it…
We just dont say it…
yet…
Final Chorus
Just another day we claim
Say it soft to hide the flame
Just another day we bend
Hoping this will never end
Just another day we try
Till it breaks before our eyes
Just another day we say...
Just another day...
Just another day we say...
Just another day…
2. Worst President Ever Seen
Intro
Ladies and gentlemen—
The man of vision!
The man of action!
The man who never asked,
“Should we?”
Verse 1
He laughed beneath the camera lights,
He spun his jokes like kings of old,
He danced for every watching lens,
As if the truth was bought and sold.
He played the press like violins,
Conducted smiles with careful grace,
He thought applause meant loyalty—
Not something worn upon a face.
Pre-Chorus
He tapped the glass of quiet rooms,
Then knocked like none could hide—
Funny thing about a war…
It shakes up from inside.
Chorus
He stirred the war—oh what a show,
Smiled and said they’d never go,
Played it calm, controlled the scene—
Worst President Ever Seen.
Called it strength, called it pride,
Bent the truth and changed the tide,
Sold the lie like gasoline—
Worst President Ever Seen.
Verse 2
On distant island no map would show,
He met the devil best left unnamed,
Their voices spoke in secret tongues,
Of darker paths and shifting games.
They dealt in things no light should touch,
In rooms where none should even stand,
The kind of truth no world could bear—
Still signed and sealed by his own hand.
Verse 3
He said he’d end the nuclear threat,
And keep the world from ash and flame,
But every spark he struck in dark
Was just another step to blame.
He swore he’d calm the rising storm,
And bring the trembling nations peace,
But every word he gave the world
Just gave the coming war release.
Chorus
He stirred the war—hear it roar,
Said “They won’t dare anymore,”
Closed the door on what had been—
Worst President Ever Seen.
Allies gone, no one between,
Empty chairs and broken dreams,
Left the world undone, unclean—
Worst President Ever Seen.
Verse 4
He burned through friends like paper thin,
Left empty chairs where trust had been,
The only hand that still remained
Belonged to those who fed the flame.
The only ally left to stand
Was one who longed to see it end,
No love, no grace, no mercy planned,
Just promised lands through mortal end.
Pre-Chorus
No cause, no flag, no grand design—
Just fire for its own—
Some men don’t want the world to win…
They want to watch it burn.
Chorus
He stirred the war—now it burns,
Every promise twists and turns,
Ashes fall where hope had been—
Worst President Ever Seen.
Now a bottle cap beats gold,
Every lie he ever sold,
Bought the crown, lost everything—
Worst President Ever Seen.
Outro
Hah!
He expected a prize of peace—
Yeah, he got a prize alright...
Just not the one he wanted.
Chorus
He stirred the war—cheers grew loud,
Smoke and flags became his shroud,
Smiled while tearing at the seams—
Worst President Ever Seen.
He stirred the war—then walked away,
Left the cost for all to pay,
Spoke of peace through broken screens—
Worst President Ever Seen.
3. Sticks and Stones
Verse 1
I heard a man once say on the radio
Spoke real calm, like he’d always know
Said the next big war won’t leave much behind
Just echoes and dust… and a different kind
He laughed it off like a passing line
But something in it stayed in my mind
Said, “We don’t know how the next one goes…”
“But the last one’s fought with sticks and stones”
Chorus
Sticks and stones… after the fire
After the fall of every empire
No more steel, no shining throne
Just empty hands and
Sticks and stones...
Sticks and stones… when it’s all through
No more “me,” no more “you”
Just the quiet of the great unknown
And a world rebuilt with
Sticks and stones...
Verse 2
I picture towns where the lights don’t shine
No wires left on any line
Children run where the roads once lay
Never knew what we threw away
No maps, no names, no written word
Just stories passed from what they heard
Of a world so big it touched the sky
Now just a tale of “once upon a time”
Chorus
Sticks and stones… after the fire
After we burn every last desire
No more kings, no polished chrome
Just broken ground and
Sticks and stones...
Sticks and stones… simple and bare
No more greed hanging in the air
Just the sound of the wind that’s blown
Through a world reduced to
Sticks and stones...
Verse 3
Maybe somewhere, far from the flame
A little village without a name
They start again with borrowed light
Learning wrong from what feels right
No flags to wave, no lines to draw
No written rule, no iron law
Just hands that build and hearts that try
Underneath a quieter sky
Bridge
And I wonder…
Do we know what we’re becoming…
Or are we just too proud to see…
How close we stand… to losing everything…
Chorus
Sticks and stones… that’s how it ends
No more enemies, no more friends
All we built comes overthrown
Back to the start with
Sticks and stones...
Sticks and stones… soft and slow
That’s the only world they’ll know
And maybe then… they’ll never learn
That makes it burn to
Sticks and stones...
Sticks and stones… no trace of us
No more steel, no more dust
Just quiet fields where cities shone
And children playing with
Sticks and stones...
Sticks and stones… time moves on
Long after every name is gone
And no one knows what we once owned
Just wind and earth and
Sticks and stones...
Outro
I heard a man once say it plain…
Guess, we should have listened…
sticks...
stones...
sticks...
stones...
Sticks and stones…
4. Our Last Sunset
Verse 1
Every Tuesday, just like before
We’d find that hill by the old dirt road
Same old sky, same quiet glow
Same soft wind we used to know
Verse 2
You’d take my hand, not say a word
We didn’t need them, it never hurt
Sun going down, gold turning red
Like all the things we never said
Pre- Chorus
Another day, another end
Just like the way it’s always been
Chorus
Oh, stay with me… don’t turn away
It’s just another end of day
The light feels strange… but hold me tight
It’s still our sunset… still our night
If this is all we ever get
Then let it be our best one yet
Don’t look behind, don’t be afraid
It’s just our last… last light of day
Verse 3
That glow out there ain’t like before
Too bright to be the sun once more
Feels like the sky forgot its place
Like morning’s coming out of place
Verse 4
A second sun… a rising flame
But somehow nothing feels the same
Your eyes reflect that burning sky
Still look at me the same old way
Pre- Chorus
We’ve seen so many fade to night
But never one that burned so bright
Chorus
Oh, stay with me… don’t turn away
It’s just another end of day
The world may fall, the sky may break
But you’re the choice I’d always make
If this is all we ever get
Then let it be our best one yet
Right here with you, I’m not afraid
It’s just our last… last light of day
Bridge
(MAN): Remember the first time we came here…?
(WOMAN): You said the sky looked painted just for us…
(MAN) : Guess it still is…
(WOMAN) (soft smile): Just… a different painter…
Chorus
Hold onto me… don’t close your eyes
Let’s watch it burn across the sky
No need to run, no need to hide
We’ve got this moment, you and I
All those sunsets we once knew
Led me here… right next to you
If this one’s ours to say goodbye…
Then it’s the most beautiful sky
Outro
Just you and me…
till the light is gone…
5. War… War Never Changes
Verse 1
They sold us dreams in painted skies
Polished up like alibis
Said be brave, don’t ask them why
Funny how the brave ones die
Mama held his hand real tight
Smiled and said, “You’ll be alright”
Train rolled out in red and white
Came back home in black that night
Chorus
War… war never changes
Only the names and faces
We find ourselves right here again
Like we always did
War… war never changes
Hearts drift out of places
So hold me while it burns
War… never changes
Verse 2
New men speak in careful tones
Building thrones from broken bones
Selling peace in paper lines
Drawing out the faulted lines
Children learn it line by line
Like it’s part of grand design
Raise their hands and say it proud
Before they ever think it out
Chorus
War… war never changes
Only the names and faces
We find ourselves right here again
Like we always did
War… war never changes
Hearts drift out of places
So hold me while it burns
War… never changes
Verse 3
City lights begin to glow
Like they almost make you whole
Ash is falling soft and slow
Almost like a winter snow
People laugh on borrowed time
Sip their fear like cheap red wine
“Everything is fine,” they say
While it all just fades away
Spoken Bridge
Now listen, baby…
They told us it would all be different this time…
Different flags… different names…
But when the music starts…
we dance all the same…
Final Chorus – Part 1
War… war never changes
Only the names and faces
Sing it soft and low
It stays the same
Final Chorus – Part 2
War… war never changes
Lines become the pages
Turn them if you want
They read the same
Final Chorus – Part 3
War… war never changes
We stand in old arrangements
Right where they stood before
War… never changes
Outro
Same old story… soft and low…
Guess it’s all we ever know…
War...
War never changes…
6. Not the Last Kiss Goodbye
Verse 1
The sirens sang so soft and low,
The sky lit up like fireworks we used to know.
You took my hand, said, “Don’t you cry,”
Then the whole world said goodbye.
Verse 2
Now there’s dust where we used to dance at night,
And the moon’s got a funny radioactive light.
But I still hear that tune you’d play,
Like nothing ever burned away.
Chorus
Oh, that wasn’t the last kiss goodbye,
No, darling, no, we just ran out of sky.
When the world fell down in atomic glow,
You slipped somewhere I just don’t know.
But I’ll keep that kiss, safe and true,
’Til this brand new world brings me back to you.
Verse 3
Got a suit that hums and a Geiger that sings,
Met a two-headed bird that remembers things.
They say love’s gone with the old world’s ash,
But I found your smile in a bottle cap stash.
Verse 4
Folks say, “Son, you’re chasing ghosts out here,”
But hope’s the one thing bombs don’t clear.
If you’re out there past the fallout rain,
I’ll walk this wasteland all the same.
Chorus
Oh, that wasn’t the last kiss goodbye,
No, darling, no, we just ran out of sky.
Through broken roads and rusted blue,
Every step still leads to you.
I ain’t done, no, I refuse—
A heart like mine’s got hope to lose.
Bridge
Now I don’t mind the glowing nights,
Or the way my coffee bites…
If I could just find where you’ve gone—
I’d even forgive what the world’s become.
Final Chorus
Oh, that wasn’t the last kiss goodbye,
No, sweetheart, love don’t just die.
When the trumpets play and the dust all clears,
I’ll be waiting through the years.
Call me crazy, call me a fool—
But I made a promise… and I follow through.
Outro
So I’ll save that kiss… just like new,
In this brand new world… I’ll find you.
7. The Other War at Home
Verse 1
The paper says we’re winnin’ strong
The flags are high, the lines are long
But I don’t see the front from here
Just tired hands and quiet fear
The whistle blows, another day
We give what little we can pay
No medals hang from what we do
Just work that’s never really through
Chorus
This is the other war at home
No guns to fire, no fields to roam
Just sweat and steel and hearts that hold
The line no one is told
This is the other war at home
Where nights are long and days don’t slow
We stitch the seams, we keep it strong
So they can carry on
Verse 2
She reads his letters every night
Says he’ll be back, says he’ll be fine
She folds them neat, puts on a smile
Then cries a little after while
The radio plays cheerful tunes
To drown the weight inside the room
We sing along, pretend we’re brave
And count the days we couldn’t save
Chorus
This is the other war at home
No drums to beat, no victory shown
Just broken backs and quiet pride
We keep it all alive
This is the other war at home
Where hope is thin but still we hold
We build, we mend, we carry on
Until the war is gone
Verse 3
The factories chime, the hours grow
We trade our rest for what they owe
Each bolt and thread, each drop of sweat
A promise we ain’t broken yet
No one writes about these days
No parades for this kind of praise
But if we stop, it all falls through
So we just do what we must do
Chorus
This is the other war at home
Where love is worn down to the bone
We give our days, we give our years
In quiet blood and tears
This is the other war at home
No history books, no names in stone
But if we break, the whole world falls
So we still answer when it calls
Outro
They’ll write about the guns and flames…
But we were also there…
and we also died...
just more slowly…
Final Chorus
This is the other war at home
And though we stand here all alone
Every soul out on that line
Carries a piece of mine
8. They Waited at the Gate
Intro
When the sirens started— We took everything we needed…
Except the ones... Who would’ve followed us anyway.
Verse 1
My dog just stood there in the street,
Head tilted like a question asked,
I said his name, then turned away—
And prayed that moment wouldn’t last.
He didn’t bark, he didn’t run,
Just watched me like he understood,
Like something in him always knew
I’d leave him there… though I never should.
Chorus
They waited at the gate that day,
Not knowing why we walked away,
No voice to call, no right to stay—
Just silence where they lay.
They waited at the gate alone,
No list, no name, no place called home,
No hand to guide, no path to roam—
Just hearts we should have known.
Verse 2
Next door they left their cat inside,
With bowls enough for days and more,
A careful kindness measured out
Behind a quiet closing door.
But time don’t care for measured things,
And hunger don’t respect a plan—
What happens when the silence grows
Beyond the reach of any hand?
Chorus
They waited at the gate that day,
Through sirens screaming far away,
No place for them beneath the ground—
No names upon the sound.
They waited at the gate and cried,
Though not a sound was ever made,
Just faithful eyes we turned aside—
And debts we never paid.
Verse 3
I saw the horses running free,
Through broken fields and open wire,
Like freedom came a moment late—
Or far too close to something dire.
They ran like wind was still a friend,
Like sky was something safe and wide—
Do they know what’s falling down…
Or feel it changing deep inside?
Bridge
Well...
We said we were preserving life.
But life… Was right there—
Looking at us…
(pause)
And we closed the door to their face.
Final Chorus
They waited at the gate that day,
As everything was swept away,
No understanding, no goodbye—
Just watching us pass by.
They waited at the gate… and still,
Beyond the fire, beyond the hill,
If something lives, it always will—
Be waiting for us still.
Outro
Maybe, Somewhere…
A dog still waits.
Chorus
They waited at the gate that day...
They waited at the gate that day...
They all waited at the gate ...
Yes they all... all waited at the gate...
9. War Never Changes, Neither Should You
Spoken Intro
They said the world would end...
as if it hadn’t ended before.
New uniforms.
New slogans.
Same graves.
Verse 1
Bootsteps echo down the street
Another banner raised
Another boy with steady hands
Another mother prays
The skyline trades its color twice
From sunset into flame
They write a fresh excuse each year
But always sign the same
Pre-Chorus
Let them shout
Let them run
Let them worship something new
Steel may change
Dust may move
But your soul knows what is true
Chorus
War never changes
Neither should you
Keep your hands honest
Keep your sight through
When sirens call madness
And crowds split in two
War never changes
Neither should you
Verse 2
They’ll ask you hate a stranger’s face
They’ll sell it wrapped in pride
They’ll hand you fear in polished words
And call that fear your guide
The market burns, the papers lie
The loudest voice will lead
But hunger wears a thousand coats
And greed is always greed
Pre-Chorus
Let them rush
Let them break
Let them crown the cruel and few
Coins may turn
Flags may fade
But your oath must still be you
Chorus
War never changes
Neither should you
Keep your tongue measured
Keep your heart true
When panic wants heroes
And monsters will do
War never changes
Neither should you
Bridge
Be kind where you can
Be hard where you must
Repair what is near
Leave rage to the dust
You cannot command
The wind or the view
But no one commands
The best part of you
Final Chorus
War never changes
Neither should you
Stand when it matters
Bend when it’s wise to
When everything sacred
Is traded for new
War never changes
Neither should you
10. Keep Calm and Carry On
Verse 1
They keep sayin’ “take it easy now”
Like easy’s somethin’ I still know how
They say “hold steady, don’t let it show”
But they don’t feel what I feel below
Pre-Chorus
They say “calm down” — (calm down)
Like that’s enough — (that’s enough)
They say “move on” — (move on)
But man, that’s rough…
Chorus
Keep calm… carry on…
Tell me how when the ground is gone
Keep calm… carry on…
Sing it loud but it feels so wrong
Keep calm… carry on…
Still we try just to move along
Verse 2
Radio plays that same old line
“Everything’s gonna turn out fine”
But I hear cracks in every word
Like truth is somethin’ we don’t deserve
Pre-Chorus
They say “stand tall” — (stand tall)
Don’t let it break — (don’t you break)
But how you stand
When the whole world shakes?
Chorus
Keep calm… carry on…
Hold it in till the feelin’s gone
Keep calm… carry on…
Smile like nothin’ is goin’ wrong
Keep calm… carry on…
Even when all the hope is gone
Spoke Bridge
Ohhh…
Now listen…
Calm ain’t easy… no…
Not when the sky falls down…
But panic won’t save you…
It just drags you down…
So you hold on…
To whatever you got left…
Final Chorus
Keep calm… carry on…
Ain’t no strength in losin’ control
Keep calm… carry on…
That’s the only way we hold
Keep calm… carry on…
Save your mind, save your soul
Outro
Keep calm…
Carry on…
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