The Great War

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My knuckles were bruised like violets
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Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep talked
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Spineless in my tomb of silence
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Tore your banners down, took the battle underground
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And maybe it was ego swinging
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Maybe it was her
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Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur

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All that blood shed, crimson clover
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Uh-huh, sweet dream was over
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My hand was the one you reached for
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All throughout the Great War

Always remember
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Uh-huh, tears on the letter
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I vowed not to cry anymore
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If we survived the Great War

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You drew up some good faith treaties
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I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone
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You said I have to trust more freely
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But diesel is desire, you were playing with fire
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And maybe it's the past that's talking
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Screaming from a crypt
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Telling me to punish you for things you never did
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So I justified it

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All that blood shed, crimson clover
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Uh-huh, the bombs were close and
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My hand was the one you reached for
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All throughout the Great War

Always remember
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Uh-huh, the burning embers
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I vowed not to fight anymore
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If we survived the Great War

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Uh-huh
Em7      D
Uh-huh

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It turned into something bigger
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Somewhere in the haze got a sense I'd been betrayed
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Your finger on my hairpin triggers
Em7
Soldier down on that icy ground
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Looked up at me with honor and truth
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Broken and blue, so I called off the troops
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That was the night I nearly lost you
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I really thought I'd lost you

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We can plant a memory garden
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Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair
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There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair
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And we will never go back

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To that bloodshed, crimson clover
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Uh-huh, the worst was over
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My hand was the one you reached for
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All throughout the Great War

Always remember
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Uh-huh, we're burned for better
 Em7                      D
I vowed I will always be yours
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'Cause we survived the Great War
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Uh-huh
Em7
Uh-huh
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I'll always be yours
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'Cause we survived the Great War
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Uh-huh
     Em7                   D
I vowed I will always be yours