Awake yon' minister
There is message to be delivered
Awake young passenger
Awake your country

You're going to need to find some strength now
Wake up!

In this war without an end
What peace do you defend
In this war without an end
What fear do you depend on?

I dare you

Log off
Sign out
Delete your friends
Start to count your

Count of casual
Count of casualty
Count of casual
Count of casualty

Wake up!

Start!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Thousand

Human

Lives



Anything we should know about your change? -- Awake yon' minister
There is message to be delivered
Awake young passenger
Awake your country

You're going to need to find some strength now
Wake up!

In this war without an end
What peace do you defend
In this war without an end
What fear do you depend on?

I dare you

Log off
Sign out
Delete your friends
Start to count your

Count of casual
Count of casualty
Count of casual
Count of casualty

Wake up!

Start!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Thousand

Human

Lives


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Count of Casualty Lyrics as written by Patrick Wolf

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    General Comment

    This song is about stopping apathy and laziness in this generation, going out and starting revolutions and 'counting your casualnties', meaning counting all the things you do that are too casual.

    Some of the 'Count of casualties' need to be 'count YOUR casualties'

    rhimansworldon June 12, 2009   Link
  • 0
    Memory

    I saw him perform this live last night and it was powerful. The entire night was magical!

    ContraryMissMaryon June 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Is that what it said on the cd cover? Thanks for posting it! I love this song! I love how Patrick counts the casualties, it's so intense. On first thoughts i thought Count of Casualty was about the war in Iraq. Does the cd cover say anything about Hard Times by the way? I get the feeling Patrick refers to the Global Finanacial Crisis and September 11, but i could be wrong again.

    blyth1972on December 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    I simply adore this song, it's my personal fave. Envy you who had a chance to hear it live.

    LittlePandaMcElroyon June 23, 2011   Link

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