I was born to be of service
Basic train and felt like home
I had honor I found purpose sir
Yes sir that's what I know
Sent us to a place I never heard of weeks before
When you're nineteen it ain't hard to sleep
In the desert on god's floor
Close your eyes stop counting sheep
You ain't in pacing anymore
We were taught to shoot our rifles
Men and woman side by side
Thought we'd be made as liberators
In a thousand year old fight
I got this painful ringing in my ear
From an id last night
But no lead line
Hungry war machine can save my sergeant's life
Three more soldiers six civilians
Need these words to come out right
God of mercy god of light
Save your children from this life
Hear these words this humble plea
For I have seen the suffering with
This prayer I'm hoping that we can be unbroken
It's eighteen months that I've been back now
With this metal on my chest
But there are things I can't remember
And there are things I won't forget
I lie awake at night
With dreams the devil shouldn't see
I wanna scream but I can't breathe
And christ I'm sweating through these sheets
Where's my brothers where's my country
Where's my how things used to be
God of mercy god of light
Save your children from this life
Hear these words this humble plea
For I have seen the suffering and with
This prayer I'm hoping that we can be unbroken
My service dogs are more for me
Than the medication would
There ain't no angel that's coming to save me
But even if they could
Today twenty two will die from suicide
Just like yesterday they're gone
I live my life for each tomorrow
So their memories will live on
Once we were boys and we were strangers
Now we're brothers and we're men
Someday you'll ask me was it worth it to be
Of service in the end
Well the blessing and the curses
Yeah I'll do it all again
Whoa
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