| First off, you hear it said somehow that everything’s fair in love and war
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| How is it right to destroy a life to the core?
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| But did you stop and ever wonder what it means to trade your love for a battle
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| scar?
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| No one wins in the outs and ins of the heart
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| The outs and ins of the heart
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| Civil war and now to mend a broken hearted land will take a hundred years or
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| more
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| What’s it worth if you’re ending up in the dirt?
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| She said, «You can’t force an army to care for a loss not theirs.»
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| Tears of ages dry, for pain is not retainable
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| We pass the time caught up in our power struggles
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| All the wasted lives
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| And every one explainable
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| We justify every casualty
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| Sarah Dowd felt her heart bleed out when the letter came
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| She was a widow now
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| So much pain, yet we move along every day
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| She said, «The sound still rings in my head a dream shot dead.»
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| Tears of ages dry, for pain is not retainable
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| We pass the time caught up in our power struggles
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| All the wasted lives
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| And every one explainable
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| We justify every casualty
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| Oh, we quickly forget the sound of regret
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| With hate in our heart and blood in the sand
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| So we’re doomed to repeat mistakes that we keep committing
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| Don’t we ever suspect that the way we’re living isn’t how it’s meant to be?
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| March on, hold your flags up high and don’t forget what you’re fighting for
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| Deadly sins for a mortal win in the corps
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| She said, «There's no one who can declare a war on warfare.»
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| Tears of ages dry, for pain is not retainable
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| We pass the time caught up in our power struggles
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| All the wasted lives
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| And every one explainable
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| We justify every casualty
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| Every casualty
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| Throughout history
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| Tears of ages dry
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| Oh, they dry |