GCG
So when the smoke and the fire of anther attack slowly drift away
DCG
Can anyone seem to find the appropriate words to say?
GCG
When the pain of loss and sudden change conjure family strife
DCG
Is there any hope at all for a return to normal life?
GCGDCGGCG
Is there solace in condolence or just deeper pain dug up?
DCG
The sad truth is victim's families have nothing to look forward to
GCG
And I'm sick of picking up the Boston Globe and seeing painful days of loss
DCG
Question everything without apology about the horror and the cost
DCG
Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
DCG
With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat
GCG
And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy
DCG
Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of life
GCGDCGGCG
We see a new war in the offing as we're challenged by a new plight
DCG
It's media handle is terrorism, it's the same old ideological fight
GCG
The debates will rage on, are we handling this thing right?
DCG
Can't turn away reality, can't push it out of our mind's eye
DCG
Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
DCG
With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat
GCG
And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy
DCG
Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life
GCG
And civilian loss on the other side, is that something that we try to hide?
DCG
What about the human condition, I'm sick of all these justifications
GCG
Where is the real outrage? My god, there's got to be a better way
DCG
Is this how we solve problems? I guess we haven't really evolved much
DCG
Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
DCG
With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat
GCG
And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy
DCG
Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life.
DCG
And cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life
DCD
Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life
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