a thousand lives - Extended Version
There's blood on my hands
I find as I stand
Every dead man
Shattered at my feet
She don't understand
What kind of a plan
Leaves a grown man
Tattered, incomplete?
She was a child when they put a sword in her hand
It was mild when they picked her from her land
Like a flower sprouted from the sand
So how was she to understand
Don't lose a thousand lives just to save one
Don't take a thousand knives to keep your heart undone
It'll still be battered without mend
Just not how you could comprehend
It wasn't her nature, which is why she was advised
See not with your heart, but with your eyes
Now she'll realize as the wind plays with her hair
Were they worth him standing there?
They're broken like glass
I glance as I ask
If every blue past
Now seemed obsolete
And why is it that
I wielded an axe
It made me more relaxed
Should this shovel give me peace?
I was a child when they gave me a gun with a grin
Everyone smiled when our boots hit the deck on a whim
And I can't drown my demons, they learned how to swim
So how were we supposed to win?
Don't lose a thousand lives just to save one
Don't take a thousand knives to keep your heart undone
It'll still be battered without mend
Just not how you could comprehend
It wasn't my nature, which is why she strategized
He sees not with his heart, but with his eyes
Now she'll realize as the wind plays with her hair
Were they worth him standing there?
Maybe it wasn't my choice
But I can still hear the voices
Sounding, pounding in my head
Maybe I didn't drown
I have feet on the ground
But deep down seems safe and sound instead
No one's asked my opinion from the start
But still I couldn't tell you what's worse
Broken bones or a broken heart
Still I couldn't tell you what's worse
Broken bones or my broken heart
I find as I stand
Every dead man
Shattered at my feet
She don't understand
What kind of a plan
Leaves a grown man
Tattered, incomplete?
She was a child when they put a sword in her hand
It was mild when they picked her from her land
Like a flower sprouted from the sand
So how was she to understand
Don't lose a thousand lives just to save one
Don't take a thousand knives to keep your heart undone
It'll still be battered without mend
Just not how you could comprehend
It wasn't her nature, which is why she was advised
See not with your heart, but with your eyes
Now she'll realize as the wind plays with her hair
Were they worth him standing there?
They're broken like glass
I glance as I ask
If every blue past
Now seemed obsolete
And why is it that
I wielded an axe
It made me more relaxed
Should this shovel give me peace?
I was a child when they gave me a gun with a grin
Everyone smiled when our boots hit the deck on a whim
And I can't drown my demons, they learned how to swim
So how were we supposed to win?
Don't lose a thousand lives just to save one
Don't take a thousand knives to keep your heart undone
It'll still be battered without mend
Just not how you could comprehend
It wasn't my nature, which is why she strategized
He sees not with his heart, but with his eyes
Now she'll realize as the wind plays with her hair
Were they worth him standing there?
Maybe it wasn't my choice
But I can still hear the voices
Sounding, pounding in my head
Maybe I didn't drown
I have feet on the ground
But deep down seems safe and sound instead
No one's asked my opinion from the start
But still I couldn't tell you what's worse
Broken bones or a broken heart
Still I couldn't tell you what's worse
Broken bones or my broken heart
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Writer(s): Call Me Annie
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