They say today I lost my life;
But no, that’s just a load of shit.
Now let’s be honest; tell the truth.
The thieves of ‘reason’ just stole it.
I died doing the job I loved;
How often I’ve heard that refrain.
No reason given justifies
A love that causes so much pain.
I could not love with guns in hand.
No camouflage can hide this fact
That killing is unnatural.
From life it can only subtract.
A thousand soldiers stand stock-still
As eight march with their now dead mate
To start my final journey home
Where loved ones in deep sorrow wait.
At home they say they’re proud of me
For defending their way of life.
But no one says there’d be more pride
In living life that’s without strife.
The only voice of reason is
My own and I’d have surely said,
“If I could do it all again
I would not end up being dead”.
I want to walk the earth again,
To hold my children, hug my wife.
I’d gladly trade those ‘lofty’ goals
My ‘leaders’ said were worth my life.
If you could see what I see now
Your faces you’d all hide in shame.
My dying for what you now have
Was just not worth the passing fame.
God damn it when will you wake up.
You’re sleeping through your lives you see.
Until you change them I am left
In sorrow for eternity.