[00:31.491]I met a young soldier
[00:34.495]He said his name was Killer Kyle
[00:40.895]He was shakin' all over
[00:44.134]Like a night-frightened child
[00:48.026]This is his story
[00:50.769]It's a tough one for me to sing
[00:56.490]Hard as the squawk and the flap
[01:00.095]And the beat of, the beat of black wings
[01:05.476]
[01:29.064]"They gave me a gun," he said
[01:33.244]"They gave me a mission
[01:37.711]For the power and the glory
[01:42.491]Propaganda, piss on 'em
[01:45.757]There's a war zone inside me
[01:48.604]I can feel things exploding
[01:53.646]I can't even hear the ******* music playing
[01:57.015]For the beat of
[01:59.001]The beat of black wings."
[02:02.475]
[02:25.724]He said, "I never had nothin'
[02:29.460]Nothin' I could believe in
[02:35.860]My girl killed our unborn child
[02:40.013]Without even grievin'!
[02:42.886]I put my hands on her belly
[02:45.446]To feel the kid kickin', damn!
[02:51.455]She'd been to some clinic
[02:54.772]Oh, the beat of black wings."
[02:58.717]
[03:23.272]"They want you, they need you
[03:27.634]They train you to kill
[03:32.624]To be a pin on some map
[03:36.072]Some vicarious thrill
[03:39.180]The old hate the young
[03:42.263]That's the whole heartless thing
[03:47.931]The old pick the wars
[03:50.256]We die in 'em
[03:51.745]To the beat of, the beat of black wings."
[03:56.761]
[04:20.402]There's a man drawing pictures
[04:23.484]On the sidewalk with chalk
[04:29.649]Just as fast as he draws 'em
[04:33.907]Rain come down and wash 'em off
[04:36.702]"Keep the drinks comin' girl
[04:40.228]'Til I can't feel anything
[04:45.688]I'm just a chalk mark in a rainstorm
[04:50.547]I'm just the beat of black wings."
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