Every man and woman who has chosen to risk their life In this endless conflict with no recompense for their strife Will always live with the memory Fighting a stress we cannot see Dreaming for some small relief Training Cannot Prevent Trauma We did this Lining up the shots of booze A clenched fist full of pills Loading up a pistol Aiming for one final kill Hopeless, can't take it anymore Pointless, what are they fighting for? Heartless, nearly one each day Every Day one More may Give up 349 in one year Consecrate the ground they lay you into Speaking a prayer for everyone They cannot comprehend just what you went through Consoling themselves for what they've done Knowing full well it's they who killed you Knowing full well things will not change Shedding their tears on television Sleeping at night in deluded dreams We should be ashamed of ourselves for failing those in need Instead of waving flags we should clog up every street Our enemy now holds a pen and not a gun Ordering our youth to fight a notion Without support Without a break Without respect Without a way to live again |
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