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Do you know what's worth fightin' for
When it's not worth dyin' for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocatin'?
Does the pain weigh out the pride
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
You and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
You and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone?
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
You and I
When it's not worth dyin' for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocatin'?
Does the pain weigh out the pride
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
You and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
You and I
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone?
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
One, twenty-one guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, twenty-one guns
Throw up your arms
Into the sky
You and I
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ii really do not like this song but it's just my political veiws. i love melody but i wish they wouldn have made it a political song.
I can understand why they want everyone to come home from the war, but if we surrender (like what the song says to do:
One, 21 guns Lay down your arms Give up the fight)
They're just gonna bomb us. We havent found any clues yet to were osama might be but because were there looking for him it puts us dieing on hold for a bit.
And also, making the troops feel bad that they're protecting us (like they do in the song) is just a dick move
you really don't get it.<br /> <br /> the smoke of the lies, sting the eyes of the naive.<br /> <br /> there not just targeting the troops (and btw looking for osama isnt going to keep you from getting killed you idiot), the message is mindless fighting and sufferage in general. <br /> <br /> And the more america interferes with other countries the bigger the retaliation your setting yourself up for.<br /> what was first a spark - will fuel a fire.
So your solution is to ignore the nuclear weapons research in North Korea, the Communist control in China, the lack of rights women have in the Middle East, not to mention countries where converting to a different religion is punishable by torture and death?<br /> <br /> The more America fights for freedom in countries where it doesn't exist, the more those who want to keep their nations under an iron fist will try to suppress that, so of course there will some opposition to it! In the meantime, try being a patriot for once!