Evil befalls a heart without honor?
Oblivion holds a heart without pride?
Affliction befalls an act without conscience
A million purple hearts in a line

Chorus:
To carry a sword as a pawn there’s no honor
A discarded tool for commerce and woe
Where are you now and who are you fighting?
Keep your head down and get your ass home
Where you belong, where you are loved

Kings devise plans to quench the thirst of their coffers
And make us all march to the sound of their drums
“Fight for god and country or you’re unpatriotic!”
Rather than question or resist we succumb

Chorus:
To carry a sword as a pawn there’s no honor
A discarded tool for commerce and woe
Where are you now and who are you fighting?
Keep your head down and get your ass home
Where you belong, where you are loved

Breakdown:
Evil befalls a heart without honor?
Oblivion holds a heart without pride?
Affliction befalls an act without conscience
A million purple hearts in a line

Apologies can never account for the nightmares
Or dead loved ones too young to depart
Folded flags don’t answer the questions arising
21 guns don’t mend broken hearts

Chorus: Fade into hall reverb