Rise Against - Hero of War song lyrics

101st something you don't know about me... My ex husband remarried 2 months after our divorce and is still married.

Hero of War song lyrics: (I love this song, you can hear it at this link Rise Against Song)

He said son, have you seen the world?
What would you say if I said that you could,
Just carry this gun; you'll even get paid,
I said that sounds pretty good.
Black Leather boots; Spit-Shined so bright,
They cut off my hair, but it looks alright.
We marched and we sang; we all became friends,
as we learned how to fight.

[chorus]
A Hero of War, yeah that's what i'll be,
and when i come home they'll be damn proud of me.
I'll carry this flag, to the grave if i must, because it's a flag that i love; and a flag that i trust...
[chrous]

I kicked in the door; I yelled my commands
The children they cried, but i got my man,
We took him away; a bag over his face, from his family and his friends.
They took off his clothes, they pissed in his hands, I told them to stop; but then i joined in.
We beat him with guns, and batons not just once; but again and again.

[chorus]
A Hero of War, yeah that's what i'll be,
and when i come home they'll be damn proud of me.
I'll carry this flag, to the grave if i must, because it's a flag that i love; and a flag that i trust...
[chrous]

She walked
The bullets in haze; i asked her to stop; I begged her to stay
But she pressed on; so I lifted my gun, and I fired away...
And the shells, jumped through the smoke, and into the sand
and the blood now half-soaked.
She collapsed; with a flag in her hand.
A flag white of snow....

A hero of war, is that what they see?
Just medals and scars, so damn proud of me.
And i brought home that flag; now it gathers dust,
But its a flag that i love; the only flag I trust.

He said son, have you seen the world?
What would you say if I said that you could....