“Reapers” is about the effect that drones have had on modern warfare. It addresses the power and simplicity of drones, along with the ease with which they can be used to take out a government’s enemies, with particular focus on how innocent people get caught and killed in drone strikes.
The name of...
[Verse 1]
Home, it's becoming a killing field
There's a crosshair locked on my heart
With no recourse and there's no one behind the wheel
Hellfire, you're wiping me out, killed by
[Pre-Chorus]
Drones (Killed by)
Drones (Killed by)
[Chorus]
You rule with lies and deceit
And the world is on your side
'Cause you've got the CIA, babe
(You can run but you're never gonna hide)
But all you've done is brutalise
(You can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
Drones!
[Verse 2]
War, war just moved up a gear
I don't think I can handle the truth
I'm just a pawn
And we're all expendable
Incidentally electronically erased by your
[Pre-Chorus]
Drones (Killed by)
Drones (Killed by)
[Chorus]
You kill by remote control
And the world is on your side
You've got reapers and hawks, babe
(You can run but you're never gonna hide)
Now I am radicalized
(You can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
Drones! (Killed by)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
(You can run but you're never gonna hide)
(You can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
(You can run but you're never gonna hide)
(You can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
You rule with lies and deceit
And the world is on your side
You've got the CIA, babe
But all you've done is brutalise
[Chorus]
You kill by remote control
(You can run but you're never gonna hide)
And the world is on your side
(You can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
You've got reapers and hawks, babe
(You can run but you're never gonna hide)
Now I am radicalized
(You can run but you're never gonna gonna gonna)
[Outro]
Here come the drones!
Here come the drones!
Here come the drones!
Reapers was written by Matt Bellamy.
Reapers was produced by Robert John Lange & Dominic Howard & Chris Wolstenholme & Matt Bellamy.