A Matter of Habit Lyrics

Learning to kill is a matter of habit
The more you've done it, the better you're at it
It starts in the alleys of Sehem at night
The borderlines blur in the eveninglight
A rifflebutt bangs on an old rusty door
"Where is your father? Get down on the floor!"
Soon it gets serious, a curfew's declared
The city falls silent, there's death in the air
Cocking his weapon with shaking fingers
Grits his teeth as he's hogging the trigger
Young blood rushes, his heart pounds
He knows it gets easier the next time around
They're but objects and shadows, not women and men
Learning to kill is a natural thing
Learning to fear, is a matter of habit
The more you've done it, the better you're at it

News from above reaches the street, there's no hope of living
the end is so near
Tidings of terror, a raven's crow, shudder your windows, lock up your homes
We're just a handful, a tiny country surrounded by evil
They won't let us be
They have hate in their hearts and in all that they bring
Learning to fear is a natural thing
Cruelty is a matter of habit
The more you've seen it, the better you're at it
Every boy has a tyrants desire
Hands behind the head, legs spread wide
These are times of danger, times of despair
No room for compassion, a soldier can't care
Our neighboors are vermin, they're used to the blood
How can they feel pain when they live in the mud?
Through cruelty, a soldier is born
Ignorance soon turns to evil and war
Oh, Israel's land is for Israel's kin
Cruelty comes as a natural thing
Learning to love is a natural thing
It will find a way if you just let it in
It'll be strange at first, but then you'll see it
That learning to love is a matter of being
Oh, being human is a matter of habit
A few babysteps, and you'll get better at it
To be for a minute, just now, just recall
The opposite side of the Tarimal
But our hearts have hardened along with our skin
We've built a bubble, and let noone else in
We'll be staring in wonder as the angel falls
Then being human, will be a matter of course
Will be a matter of course
Lyrics Submitted by Frida Johansen