A song about a soldier

[Droopy]

Avenged Sevenfold M.i.a. Lyrics

Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings cant be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight, on tonight.

Ooooo....
Stand up and fight.

The fighting rages on and on, to challenge me you must be strong.
I walk your land but don't belong, two million soldiers cant be wrong.

Its no fun but I've been here before.
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war.
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Some are scared others killing for fun, I shot a mother right in front of her son.
(Take this from my conscienceness and please erase my dreams)

Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
Even though we won I still may lose, until I make it home to you.
I see our mothers filled with tears, grew up so fast where did those years go?
Memories wont let you cry unless I don't return tonight.

So many soldiers on the other side, I take their lives so they can't take mine.
(Scared to make it out alive now murder's all I know.)
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here, I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear.
(Another day another life but nothing real to show for.)

Fight for honor, fight for your life.
Pray to god that our side is right.
Even though we won i still may lose, until i make it home to you.
I see our mothers filled with tears, grew up so fast where did those years go?
Memories wont let you cry unless I don't return tonight.

Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise.
Living another day in disguise.
These feelings can't be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight.

Watching the death toll rise wondering how im alive.
Strangers blood on my hands, shot all I can.
There were no silent nights watching your brothers all die
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me. (No thought of me)
No thought of me.

Ohhhhh.....

We walk the city lonely, memories that haunt are passing by.
A murderer walks your streets tonight.
Forgive me for my crimes.
Don't forget that I was so young, faught so scared.
In the name of God and Country.

[Skittles]

1. In the name of God?

:puke:

[Droopy]

2. Yeah

I guess they put a lot of shit in your head when they are training you to kill.

[Breeze54]

3. My son never said they mentioned gawd

when he was stop lossed or trained.

:shrug:

Must be an Air Force thing....

[Droopy]

4. Or a Vietnam thing

but I really don't know. Maybe times have changed. The song was written about one of the band member's father who was a Vietnam veteran.

[Breeze54]

5. Then that makes more sense...

I guess. :shrug:

I don't know.