War

I walk across the sea of flames
 Against the firing line
 Being told they're
 The ones to blame
 We invade, we destroy
 Innocence tattered and torn
 They run in terror
 We scorch their earth
 Dead bodies, stacked ten feet high
 I can still see them before my eyes
 Men, Women and children
 Their life drained from their eyes
 We were all sent there to die
 The memories still haunt me
 There's a problem in the world today
 I pushed you all away
 So I could hide my pain
 The constant torment of never ending flashbacks
 Fear behind a smiling mask, I hate what I see in reflective glass
 Hell above and below
 I never intended to hurt those I love
 In the same way I hurt those I was taught to hate
 And, oh god, the lines become more blurred every day
 (Voices talking)
 Voices in my head)
 Ringing in my ears
 Blood and sand in my eyes
 Across the desert lies
 A plain white flag
 Held in a little boy's hands
 He never stood a chance
 So stop screaming my name
 We're not the ones to blame
 We're all just pawns to their game
 Another face with no name
 "Dying in his name"
 So stop screaming my name
 Stop screaming my name
 It won't do a thing
 I have stared death in the face
 And spoke words so strange
 I bear my cross with disdain
 Bearing the souls of the slain
 I gave up all that I own
 My love, my family, my home
 But what I regret the most
 Is giving up hope
 Lay me down, descend me to the darkness
 Pray for me, for I have lost salvation
 I suppress my memories with poisons
 Replace my life with the little boy's I should have saved
 Disassemble. Rearrange. praise me for my accolades
 But when I cry for help, all you do is talk of shame
 Though my tour is ended the sound continues
 And the sound of war is endless
 Now I'm drowning in a bottle of substance
 Waking in the middle of the night
 Screaming to memories
 I can still hear them screaming
 The blade feels so cold
 Pressed against my skin
 I am the one that never grows old
 (We are the ones that never grow old)
 Remember me for me, not my end
 Do you know what its like when your gun jams
 And you're standing face to face
 With a man who wants to die for his country
 Who wants to die for his beliefs
 He raises his gun
 And fires away
 God abandoned me?
 God abandoned us all
 I walk across the sea of flames