A Murder Of Memories-Eyedea/Abilities

[ti:A Murder Of Memories] [ar:Eyedea & Abilities] [al:First Born] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Murder Of Memories - Eyedea/Abilities [00:25.31]Sometimes gunfire's brighter [00:27.08]Than the sunshine* [00:28.33]Sometimes a child's scream [00:29.85]Influences every dream [00:31.66]Sometimes we fool ourselves [00:32.92]Into thinkin' we've moved on [00:34.37]But no way no how [00:35.60]Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:37.70]No way no how [00:38.73]Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:40.70]No way no how [00:41.76]Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:43.74]No way no how [00:44.80]Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:46.82]No way no how [00:47.95]Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:49.68]It's now twenty-five years later [00:51.09]He's on the brink of fourty-three [00:52.68]Still searchin' for sanity [00:53.77]Surveyin' the floor of his distorted sea [00:55.67]He remembers high-school [00:56.40] [00:56.96]Friends jokin' about the war [00:58.55] [00:59.21]Never knew what Mom was cryin' for [01:01.17]The other piece [01:02.00]That shines in his mind [01:03.66]Is the divine first-love soul-mate [01:05.89]Beauty brown-eyed queen [01:06.98]He left behind [01:08.07]He remembers holdin' her tight [01:09.46]Watchin' the sunset at shore [01:11.10] [01:11.64]Never knew what she was cryin' for [01:13.52] [01:14.22]He got the letter in his mail [01:15.85]By the middle of his summer [01:17.64]Wouldn't have had to go if [01:19.12]It wasn't for his new born brother [01:20.63]He was barely eighteen [01:21.88]Murdering people even younger [01:23.35]And he still ducks and covers [01:24.92]Every time he hears the thunder [01:26.83]He still hears the screams [01:28.12]Smells the flesh [01:28.93]Tastes the death [01:29.72]Sees the blood [01:30.49]Feels the pain [01:31.25]What's to gain [01:32.05]Nothing's left but the slug [01:33.20]That remains in his right path [01:35.73]The bullet laughs every time he cries [01:37.62]And it drives him mad [01:39.08]Trying to sleep [01:40.05]But the visions give him a cold sweat [01:42.18]The war's been over for two decades [01:43.88]But he still hasn't been home yet [01:45.16]Everyday he wakes [01:46.46]And strains to repress his guilt [01:48.35]And forget the horror [01:49.33]The violence the kill-or-be-killed [01:51.59]Fists are always clenched [01:52.89]Teeth are always grindin' [01:54.72]Real life is lost [01:55.80]And in a bottle he tries to find it [01:57.70]"It's not fair" [01:58.48]He mumbles through a nightmare [02:00.29]Only in the fight for two years [02:01.75]And wound up spendin' [02:02.92]His whole life there [02:03.87]He was face to face with the devil [02:05.68]For the "welfare" of his country [02:07.07]Now he's strainin' to live [02:08.27]But his conscience won't let him [02:10.06]It ain't flashbacks [02:11.35]You have to understand the tragedy see [02:13.24]He left the war [02:14.34]But the war never left him see [02:16.18]He left the war [02:17.37]But the war never left him see [02:19.51]He left the war [02:20.62]But the war never left him see [02:22.61]He left the war [02:23.66]But the war never left him see [02:25.64]He left the war [02:26.67] [02:27.79]It's now twenty-five years later [02:29.89]He's on the edge of a park bench [02:31.55]He's asked God for help [02:32.61]But found his source non-existent [02:33.34] [02:34.19]He sits in the shadows [02:36.07]'Cause his sun burns no more [02:37.99]Now he knows [02:38.73]What Mom was cryin' for [02:40.34]I used to watch old man in the park [02:42.41]The sight slowly drove right [02:43.81]Through my heart [02:44.61]Wishin' I could help [02:45.46]But not knowin' where to start [02:46.81]I'd walk away curse the world [02:48.29]Gush some love [02:49.06]And curse some more [02:50.37]Now you know who [02:51.32]I've been cryin' for [02:52.56]He threw his medals in the river [02:54.50]But they sunk alone [02:55.88]Put shades on his eyes [02:56.81]To hide him from [02:57.80]The war zone in the sky [02:59.08]He tried to slit [03:00.09]His wrists about a month ago [03:02.20]But he's seen so much death [03:03.70]He's scared to life of suicide [03:05.56]If there was some way to break [03:07.56]Him out of this penitentiary [03:08.84]Gulps get bigger and figures [03:10.14]It'll chase away his memories [03:11.79]But the dreams only worsen [03:13.18]The scenes almost burst in [03:14.94]He recalls how training took away [03:16.32]His right to be a person [03:17.99]Put a gun in his hand [03:19.35]Left him to die with the land [03:21.07]The plan was the murder of man [03:22.93] [03:24.08]Politicians have a dispute [03:25.06]Decide to send in troops [03:26.85]But the truth is [03:27.92]They just don't understand [03:29.15] [03:30.14]Now he's runnin' out of time [03:31.60]And runnin' out of energy [03:33.26]But till the last day [03:34.33]He'll be fighting for [03:35.18]The murder of his memories [03:36.23]And although he never [03:37.28]Got rid of his dog-tags [03:38.88]He still wishes they'd have sent [03:40.53]His parents and american flag [03:42.07](instead of him) [03:43.06]He was face to face with [03:44.44]The devil for the "welfare" of his country [03:45.91]Now he's strainin' to live [03:47.03]But his conscience won't let him [03:48.22]It ain't flashbacks [03:49.10] [03:49.80]You have to understand the tragedy see [03:51.80]He left the war [03:53.14]But the war never left him see [03:55.13]He left the war [03:56.18]But the war never left him see [03:58.29]He left the war [03:59.23]But the war never left him see [04:01.22]He left the war [04:02.26]But the war never left him see [04:04.30]He left the war [04:05.39] [04:07.39]Sometimes gunfire's [04:09.05]Brighter than the sunshine [04:10.51]Sometimes a child's scream [04:12.03]Influences every dream [04:13.62]Sometimes we fool ourselves [04:15.17]Into thinkin' we've moved on [04:16.61]But no way no how [04:17.95]Do we ever forget what we've seen [04:19.54]No way no how [04:20.80]Do we ever forget what we've seen [04:22.75]No way no how [04:23.95]Do we ever forget what we've seen [04:25.78]No way no how [04:26.94]Do we ever forget what we've seen [04:28.84]No way no how [04:29.98]Do we ever forget what we've seen