Ryan Harvey Lyrics
"The Violence Of War"

They played taps before they put his body down
Fired their guns so we would never forget the sound
The violence of war has taken good friend's before
Now another one's getting lowered into the ground

We'd been fearing for this day for quite some time
Helplessly waiting like the witness of a crime
And when it finally came, the war just went on the same
And they're training your replacement to leave off where you died

Every soldier over there is a setting sun...
There's a war going on and you know it won't be won

We hear the news and we see the videos
From embedded reporters and the hosts of TV shows
And we think we know what the wars about,
and we think we know the body count
But unless you go, I don't think you'll ever know know

Do you know many troops we have deployed
Can you pronounce the names of the cities we've destroyed?
Do you know the feeling in a person's heart,
when they hear their friend was blown apart?
There's so much fear behind the safety we enjoy

It's kill or be killed they created this life of fear
Now put soldiers in the middle and just watch em disappear
There's a civil war in Iraq, and you know we started that
And it ain't gonna end til those soldiers come back here

They played taps before they put his body down
Fired their guns so we would never forget the sound
The violence of war, has taken good friend's before
Now another one's getting lowered into the ground