Who are the heroes?

Boiling hate overheats their brains
Pumping blood distends their veins
Fists are clenched in vicious pose
All in the name of dead heroes.

All in the name of retribution
All in revenge for an execution
They pull the petals from England’s rose
All in the name of dead heroes.

Streets  will run with rivers of blood
Faces hidden by mask and hood
Liberty writhes in near death throes
All in the name of dead heroes.

Fear is feeding fundamentalist lies
Terrorist bombers and government spies
Who can we trust? Nobody knows
All in the name of dead heroes.

Who are the heroes, who are the bad?
Who are righteous, who are the mad?
In Afghanistan  fields the opium grows
All in the name of dead heroes.