One day they set it off
Blowing confusion into our minds
Some say we'll never see
The beauty within our hearts

So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go

[Chorus]
Things never change
Without the strength to move on
What we will be
Depends on what we believe
We'll set it off

We're starting a differant life
Confessing we haven't begun to live
Leaving your past behind
You'll follow your heart

So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go

[Chorus]

What will we do when all is gone?
And what will we say?
Will we ever learn?
What will we do when all is gone?
And what will we say?
No, we'll never learn

So help us fight this war
See past your thoughts before
We're all taking battle scars
Just don't you go

[Chorus]


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    dude, u guys r idiots. this song is bout the 9/11 attack. One day they set it off = meanin "they" the iraqi's set it off.

    Blowing confusion into our minds = havin us wonder y they did it all of a sudden

    Some say we'll never see The beauty within our hearts = this is talkin bout how we'll nvr understand the people heart or somethin.

    So help us fight this war = self explanatory

    We're all taking battle scars = meanin, evn the people that rn't in the battle field r affected by this emtionally.

    Just don't you go = the marines r leavin to war all of a sudden and their family don't want them to leave

    Things never change Without the strength to move on = self explanatory

    We'll set it off = we will set it off, not the iraqi's.

    Leaving your past behind You'll follow your heart = there's nothin u can do bout the past and u hafta think bout the present and the future.

    What will we do when all is gone? = askin wat will we do when we lose everyhin from this war and the 9/11 attack.

    And what will we say? Will we ever learn? = idk but it means somethin, i just can't explain it.

    No...we'll never learn = indescriable

    dingleberryon June 28, 2003   Link

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