The love born from a mother
In her soul will love ever recover?
Why did you take her Lord?
Why do you make her suffer?

“Verily there is no greater love
than to give your life for another
but there is also no greater pain
than that borne by a mother
and as she sees her child rise
as only the holy spirit can carry
I have blessed her soul again
as I have the ****** Mary”

The love felt by a father
In his soul will love ever rise?
Why did you take her Lord?
Do you see the tears in his eyes?

“I know of his pain for
I too have felt it in the lamb
and I have spoken of him
the same as I spoke to Abraham
who offered his own son
as I would later offer my own;
I will raise your daughter now and
your faith shall be forever known”

The love known by a family
In their souls will love live?
Why did you take her Lord?
Will they ever learn to forgive?

“It is written that to believe in me
is to receive the grace of eternal life
but I must ask for a deeper faith
in order to soothe my own strife
for I have made man in my image
and I also feel pain as do you
but though I have made all things
my heart needs an angel too”

I'm trying to remember
When they told me how to live
I know how to get to heaven
But I don't know how to forgive

Isn't about time somebody said
You're gonna' hurt real bad
You won't be ready for it
You're gonna' be real sad

What am I gonna' do with that
Stop loving my girl
Stop loving life
I can't stop I'm committed
I'm gonna' keep gettin' hurt

I don't care about being a man
I don't care why I'm still alive
I didn't ask for it
I didn't ask for it

I heard about her leaving this place
More beautiful than she knew
She could have lived across the street
Now her mother weeps next to me in a pew

What am I gonna' do with that
Stop believing in God
Stop believing in you
I can't stop I'm committed
I'm gonna' keep gettin' hurt

I would change my life for you
if I thought you really loved me
I heard her voice walking away
That’s the trick of it isn’t it then
how can I make you believe in me

Our dreams are about far away things
there’s so much distance between us
There’s no echo of what’s to come
No sound telling us what we should do
Only the silent way of praying alone

It was long ago that we were so sure
But we didn’t really think about it much
We didn’t want to talk about change
We promised to always be who we are
But change is the only way to be together

You moved on trying to be a new person
You take my call but it's still long distance
The way you speak about your life is sad
I know I made you think about a new life
But not the one I'm making you live now

I'm just getting started my love
They said I'd forget you soon
Not to take it so seriously
But I can't live like that

I wanted to think of forever
I wasn't practicing how to love
I thought you deserved my best
I guess it's not good enough

I'm the one that got away
It's gonna come alive
You'll remember I knew
I knew how to love you
Because that's all I wanted to know

I don't want to make mistakes
I tried to figure you out
That's where I went wrong this time
Putting pieces together before they break

Now you want to say you're sorry
Somehow I'm more important than ever
Telling you it's ok so you can move on
And give a clean heart to someone new

I'm the one that got away
It's gonna haunt you
You'll wake up thinking of me
And how I was the right kind of fool
The right kind to fall in love with you

But I'll love again
Yes I'll love again
In spite of you
In spite of you

Stop them!
Don't make them go!!!
They are going to die!
Why? Why? Why?
It won't matter!
Our boys sacrificed too much!
Did you see their faces?
They love each other
There is nothing left except that love
Their duty is to each other
Brothers
They die together
They live together
They screamed, "Bail out Johnny!!
BAIL OUT!
But he didn't
He didn't
Fold a flag for his mother
Another flag
Sew another one
We will need more
More flags
No
No God
Why so many flags?
These won't fly Lord
His mother will never let it go
She will put it next to her womb
Next to where Johnny was made
She wants to think about a baby
How it moved inside her
How it hurt so much when he was born
She wanted to feel the pain of birth
Just as he felt the pain of death
She so wished it was her
It wasn't right
Pride was not ready for her heart
Only the blood of birth and death
No!!!
Stop them!!!
She drove to the base
"Let me in!!!"
"I have to talk to Johnny"
"Tell him not to go!""
"Martha! Martha! Martha! What's wrong?"
"It's Johnny! Tell him to not fly today!!"
"Martha. Johnny's gone. Long ago."
"No! Tell him don't go"
"Don't go"
"Don't go Johnny!"
"Don't go!!!!!!!"

Can you see the tears in my eyes
I want to pour them into your heart
And kiss you as long as the river flows
That's where my life is gonna' start

It’s more than holding a woman close
It’s that you are more than life itself
So beautiful and deep with love
More than a picture on my shelf

I don't have to  look for you anymore
I don't have to sleep to know your heart
It's life together instead of dreams apart
I won't need a picture frame anymore

You wonder how I can say these things
But I’ve lived all my life thinking about you
Waiting for a moment that’s here at last
Don’t be afraid of things that are true

You can kiss me anyway you want
Don’t think of anything but now
I’ll take care of the rest my love
My dreams will show you how

I don't have to  look for you anymore
I don't have to sleep to know your heart
It's life together instead of dreams apart
I won't need a picture frame anymore

It doesn’t matter how far I’ve come
You were with me the whole way
You’re afraid I only love a dream
But the dream became you today

When the solo is not that great
But the groove is unmistakable
You know where love lives
It's not in a lawyer's brief case

When the brush cuts into the canvas
There is nothing but blood to spill
You can't ask him to paint a jail cell
Or children crying unless that's the point

Don't ask a poet not to care
Don't ask an artist to be afraid

Don't ask
Don't ask
Don't ask

Don't ask except why children are hungry
Don't ask except why does a soldier have to die

When the words play music in your heart
There is nothing left but to listen
There is no greed or lust for gold
Only the truth of God's commands

Don't ask
Don't ask
Don't ask

There is no argument
There is no debate
There is no wall
There is no question