Nobody wants to hear a song about the dead
But it's been running through my head
I gotta' get myself some sleep

Nobody wants to hear a story of lost love
But I've got a war like a dove
It's been flying away from me

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Something's got to last forever or
Who's gonna' watch us as we're fading away?
There's are the names I could never remember, the
Most important things I never heard them say

Who wants to tell a child that heaven's just a lie,
There's no reason we die,
But we all do?

Who wants to go shoot the enemy down?
Won't you take a look around,
See the enemy in you?

Somebody's got to raise a voice screaming
"We don't know the things we say are true"
Somebody's got to dance in the moonlight gleaming
Oh the things I wouldn't do for you

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But you gotta' go off to war again
Fighting for the biggest lie my friend
You know damn well it isn't us or them
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
What are you fighting for?
A dead man has no liberty

Everyone wants to hear a patriotic tune
But I gotta' look up to the moon
It's been looking down on me

All I can see are reflections of the sun
Still be here when we're done
Killing all that we've made free

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