[00:15.48]......
[00:32.80]We laid our names to rest
[00:36.92]along the dotted line.
[00:44.58]We left our date of birth
[00:48.79]and our history behind.
[00:52.43]We were full of life.
[00:55.16]We could barely hold it in.
[00:58.36]We were amateurs at war,
[01:01.38]strangers to suffering.
[01:04.54]We made our families proud,
[01:07.59]but scared at the same time.
[01:10.97]We promised we'd be safe,
[01:13.73]another lie from the front lines.
[01:16.85]Our backs against the wall.
[01:19.97]We're surrounded and afraid.
[01:23.40]Our lives now in the hands
[01:25.93]of the soldiers taking aim.
[01:29.31]Our questions ricochet
[01:32.31]like broken satellites:
[01:35.46]How our bodies, born to heal,
[01:38.79]become so prone to die?
[01:52.64]Though time is ruthless,
[01:56.15]it showed us kindness in the end,
[02:00.17]by slowing down enough,
[02:03.14]a second chance to make amends.
[02:06.22]As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim:
[02:12.74]"lay your weapons down!
[02:15.80]They're calling off the war
[02:18.90]on account of losing track
[02:21.98]of what we're fighting for."
[02:25.13]So we found our way back home.
[02:28.20]Let our cuts and bruises heal.
[02:31.30]While a brand-new war began,
[02:34.32]one that no one else could feel.
[02:37.62]Our nights have grown so long.
[02:40.85]Now we beg for sound advice.
[02:43.65]Let the brokenness be felt,
[02:46.72]'til you reach the other side.
[02:49.79]There is goodness in the heart
[02:52.54]of every broken man,
[02:55.96]who comes right up to the edge
[02:59.11]of losing everything he has.
[03:02.42](Losing everything he has.)
[03:05.31](Losing everything he has.)
[03:08.16]We were young enough to sign
[03:11.40]Along the dotted line.
[03:14.96](To build a better life.)
[03:18.50](To build a better life.)
[03:20.90]Now we're young enough to try
[03:24.25]to build a better life.
[03:30.17]To build a better life.