Hero Of War

A drowning man does not die silently

You can feel the final warning

And the black riches that follow

Through the veins of the shallow

Change the name to protect the guilty

He said, "Son, have you seen the world?

Well, what would you say if I said that you could?

Just carry this rifle, you'll even get paid"

I said, "That sounds pretty good"

Black leather boots, spit shined so bright

They cut off my locks but it looks alright

We marched and we sang

We all became friends as we learned how to fight

A hero of war, yeah that's what I'll be

And when I come home

They'll be d*** proud of me

I'll carry this flag to the grave if I must

'Cause it's flag that I love and a flag that I trust

I kicked in the door, I yelled my commands

The children they cried but I got my man

We took him away, a sack over his face

From his family and his friends

We beat him with guns and batons

Not just once but again and again

A hero of war, yeah that's what I'll be

And when I come home

They'll be d*** proud of me

I'll carry this flag to the grave if I must

'Cause it's flag that I love and a flag that I trust

She walked through bullets and haze

I asked her to stop,

I begged her to stay

But she pressed on

So I lifted my gun and I fired away

And the bullets jumped through the smoke

And into the sand that the blood now had soaked

She collapsed with a flag in her hand

A flag white as snow

A hero of war is that what they see

Just medals and scars,

So d*** proud of me

And I brought home that flag, now it gathers dust

But it's a flag that I love, it's the only flag I trust

Out the door, you get burned

And there is no way back in

You've got nothing

Snake eyes

The house always wins