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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I was born to be of service
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Camp Lejeune just felt like home
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I had honor, I found purpose
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Sir, yes sir
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That's what I know
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They sent us to a place I never heard of weeks before
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When you're nineteen, it ain't hard to sleep
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In the desert on God's floor
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Close your eyes, stop counting sheep
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You ain't in bootcamp anymore
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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We were taught to shoot our rifles
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Man and woman, side by side
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Thought we'd be met as liberators
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In a thousand-year-old fight
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I got this painful ringing in my ear
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From an IED last night
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But no lead-lined Humvee war machine, could save my sergeant's life
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Three more soldiers, six civilians
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Need these words to come out right
 
 
[Chorus]
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God of mercy, God of light
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Save your children from this life
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Hear these words, this humble plea
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For I have seen the suffering
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And with this prayer I'm hopin'
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That we, can be unbroken
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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It's 18 months now, I've been stateside
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With this medal on my chest
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But there are things I can't remember
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And there are things I won't forget
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I lie awake at night with dreams the devil shouldn't see
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I wanna scream, but I can't breathe
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And Christ, I am sweating through these sheets
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Where's my brothers? Where's my country?
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Where's my how things used to be?
 
 
[Chorus]
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God of mercy, God of light
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Save your children from this life
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Hear these words, this humble plea
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For I have seen the suffering
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And with this prayer I'm hopin'
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That we, can be unbroken
 
 
[Bridge]
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My service dog's done more for me
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Than the medication would
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There ain't no angel that's coming to save me
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But even if they could
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Today, 22 will die from suicide
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Just like yesterday, they're gone
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I live my life for each tomorrow
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So their memories will live on
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Once we were boys, and we were strangers
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Now we're brothers and we're men
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Someday you'll ask me, was it worth it to be of service in the end?
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Well, the blessing, and the curse is, yeah, I'd do it all again
 
 
[Outro]
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Whoa-oh
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Whoa-oh
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Whoa-oh
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Whoa-oh
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Whoa-oh
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Whoa-oh, unbroken
 
 
[Ending]
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