Rise Against - Hero Of Waradd

[Intro]

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He said, “Son,
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Have you see the world?
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Well, what would you say
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If I said that you could?
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Just carry this gun
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and you’ll even get paid.”
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I said, “That sounds pretty good.”

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Black leather boots
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Spit-shined so bright
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They cut off my hair
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but it looked alright
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We marched and we sang
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We all became friends
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As we learned how to fight


          Em
A hero of war
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Yeah that’s what I’ll be
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And when I come home
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They’ll be damn proud of me
                Em
I’ll carry this flag
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To the grave if I must
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Because it’s flag that I love
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And a flag that I trust

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I kicked in the door
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I yelled my commands
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The children, they cried
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But I got my man
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We took him away
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A bag over his face
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From his family and his friends

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They took off his clothes
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They pissed in his hands
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I told them to stop
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But then I joined in
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We beat him with guns
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And batons not just once
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But again and again


          Em
A hero of war
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Yeah that’s what I’ll be
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And when I come home
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They’ll be damn proud of me
                Em
I’ll carry this flag
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To the grave if I must
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Because it’s flag that I love
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And a flag that I trust

        D
She walked
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through bullets and haze
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I asked her to stop
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I begged her to stay
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But she pressed on
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So I lifted my gun
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And I fired away

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The shells
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jumped through the smoke
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And into the sand
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That the blood now had soaked
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She collapsed
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with a flag in her hand
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A flag white as snow


          Em
A hero of war
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Is that what the see
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Just medals and scars
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So damn proud of me
                          Em
And I brought home that flag
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Now it gathers dust
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But it’s a flag that I love
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It’s the only flag I trust

          D
He said, “Son,
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have you seen the world?
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Well what would you say,
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if I said that you could?