Our shores erode away You can't come home, you need to stay Since you've been gone they say The world's moved on, so you can't come home Two young men angered by the way other men behave Sign a page believing they can help those men to change Their families, sad to see them go, smile as they wave They nod and train, learn the ways to identify the strange They'll never know another day Without some goal for the agency The more they see, the more they want to run 'Cause they can't free a dead man with their gun One comes to a foreign land full of his enemies He's told he's got the shot, and should fire as he please But he's unsure who to aim for, he can't tell them apart Still pulling back on that black trigger, he shatters his own heart All sides treat their own like pawns in nature's game Then when they die they're honored, and the other is to blame And when they kill they're honored still, though no one knows the name Although we think we think so differently, we all still feel the same Our shores erode, away (We've got a box stamped with your name) You can't come home, you need to stay (Until we ship your body back across the sea) Since you've been gone they say (This duty ends on your dying day) The world's moved on, so you can't come home (Even if you come back, nothing will be the same) |
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