IN MEMORY
These visions are black as night, we think of when things were right
When men stood for a cause, despite this nation's flaws
Now things are fucking grim, morals stripped limb from limb
How did things get this way? Destruction of the USA
Look to them and the wounds they hold, eternal pain you'll never know
Watered down in a school textbook, would it hurt to take a look?
Keep alive the fire inside, forget the ones who run and hide
For the few, the proud and the pain they knew, this one goes out to you!
You lived your life of 18 years and a tear shed for every one
Caught in the fire you died before the battle could be won
Those who survived don’t tell your story because I couldn’t comprehend
You lived by the battle cry of fight and defend
Try to tell a story from recollection well you don’t fuckin know
They’ve got endless nightmares, broken dreams and battle scars to show
They fought because they were loyal to the red white and blue
Why you were sent off to that foreign land is a mystery to me and you
In memory of those who have died
You lived by the sword and held a fistful of pride
The spirit remains and the loyalty is still here
For those who died defending America’s lion share
Throw away the guns and talk, is it fun when your friends lie in chalk
Throw away that racist shit cause in this movement you don't fit
Too many problems we face today, bullshit always clouds the way
Aspirations fade with the night, must raise our fists and fight
Turn our hate to a positive force, can't steer us off course
Bring back ethics of yesterday, give the proud and true a say
Can't reminisce cause I live for today, never worked in a rubber factory
But one thing I know and hold true, we must preserve the red, white and blue