Unbroken (2019)    (video)

 

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1. I was born to be of service, Camp Lejeune just felt like home,

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    I had honor, I found purpose, Sir, yes, sir ! that's what I know.

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    They sent us to a place I never heard of weeks before,

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    when you're nineteen, it ain't hard to sleep in the desert on God's floor.

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    Close your eyes, stop counting sheep, you ain't in bootcamp anymore.

 

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2. We were taught to shoot our rifles, man and woman, side by side

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    thought we'd be met as liberators in a thousand year old fight.

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    I got this painful ringing in my ear from an IED last night,

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    but no lead lined humvee war machine, could save my sergeant's life.

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    Three more soldiers, six civilians need these words to come out right.

 

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God of mercy, God of light, save your children from this life !

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Hear these words, this humble plea, for I have seen the suffering

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And with this prayer I'm hoping that we can be unbroken.

 

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3. It's 18 months now, I've been stateside with this medal on my chest,

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    but there are things I can't remember,

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    and there are things I won't forget.

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    I lie awake at night with dreams the devil shouldn't see,

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    I wanna scream, but I can't breathe,

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    and Christ, I'm sweating through these sheets.

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    Where's my brothers ? Where's my country ?

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    Where's my how things used to be ?

 

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God of mercy, God of light, save your children from this life !

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Hear these words, this humble plea, for I have seen the suffering

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And with this prayer I'm hoping that we can be unbroken.

 

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+  My service dog's done more for me than the medication would,

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    there ain't no angel that's coming to save me, but even if they could.

 

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4. Today, 22 will die from suicide just like yesterday, they're gone,

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    I live my life for each tomorrow so their memories will live on.

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    Once we were boys, and we were strangers,

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    now we're brothers and we're men,

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    someday you'll ask me, was it worth it to be of service in the end ?

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    Well, the blessing, and the curse is, yeah, I'd do it all again.

 

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(orig. = capo 1st)    (Bon Jovi)