349 Lyrics

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