both sides pray for their triumph take aim to where you believe a river of blood runs wide in the middle so far, so close, so what? target locked praise the lord... crises coming solved with bombs i'll raise the flag to prove you're wrong i'll hammer this nail down your throat to prove i'm able to fear and to hurt to keep us alert to keep us from bending, breaking into tears praise the mob... could you give up that uniform for a minute could you lay down that shield for a second everyone wants the war to be over but no one's willing to admit the defeat and choose to see the other way the other life that could be us it's on both sides could you choose again could you choose differently could you choose again?