Nine years ago I was nine,
Nine years ago I was in fourth grade...
Fighting for what we believe is right,
Disabling my enemies so that they can't fight...
When you step foot on to that plane,
knowing your life would never be the same...
On the news today another catastrophe
In the paper, another story of war...
Right here right now
We stand...
Put on your boots and head to the door.
Try to look back, because you wont see it anymore...
He is allowed
one pair of civilian clothes...
The flame dancing on the candle flickers,
In the background somebody is crying...
Soldiers sing a special hymn,
But the confidence has grown very thin...
Taught and drawn
across a drum...
Each village now all looks the same,
difference how many dead...
Memories etched in granite,
evoking thoughts...