| When you close your eyes is there blood in your sleep,
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| or is there some honor you seek?
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| Your family was poor so now you’re off to war,
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| your intentions bloom a noble spring.
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| So fervent you walk, you’re fatigued by your thoughts,
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| there’s poison in the words you sing.
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| Oh they crack your bones, you shake and you’re torn-
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| Oh the spirit’s been divided in two
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| Oh you ache as you break, child, for your own sake
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| you must do what they ask you to do.
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| Do not heed to the beckoning motion inside calling you.
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| The reasons of man change their shape as the sand.
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| Will your death bring honor to your dad?
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| You’re possessed by the dark but their illusions are not
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| the blood that is flowing through you.
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| They entrenched their intent in their own discontent,
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| in their planes and their drones and their bombs.
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| Oh you’re a soldier of war but you want so much more-
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| Oh the spirit’s been divided in two.
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| Oh you ache as you break, child for your own sake
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| you must do what they want you to do.
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| Do not heed to the beckoning motion inside calling you.
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| When you close your eyes are you sleeping at night,
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| or is the wreckage of war haunting you?
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| There is blood on the reefs around your home and feet
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| You can’t recognize your thought anymore.
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| Oh you’re children asleep and your wife lays at peace
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| but that goddamn voice is waking you.
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| Did you shoot your gun? |
| Are you your father’s son?
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| Oh the spirit’s been divided in two.
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| Just scream this out loud child, they’ll hear your shout-
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| This was your war I’ll fight it no more!
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| Won’t you heed to the beckoning motion inside calling you?
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| Oh inside you, it’s calling you
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| Come heed to the beckoning motion inside calling you. |