Lyrics to Songs I Love (with vids)

Survivor's Guilt- Rise Against

Here is the next song, I don't own the song, lyrics, video, band, blah blah blah. Let's get on with it, eh?
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"What are you talking about?
America's not going to be destroyed."
"Never?"
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"Rome was destroyed,
Greece was destroyed,
Persia was destroyed,
Spain was destroyed.
All great countries are destroyed.
Why not yours?
How much longer do you think
Your country will last?"
"Forever?"
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Block the entrances,
Close the doors.
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Seal the exits,
'Cause this is war."
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All gave some,
Some gave all.
But for what,
I wanna know.
Carry on,
Don't mind me,
All I gave was everything,
And yet you ask me for more~.
Fought your fight,
Bought your lie,
And in return,
I lost my life.
What purpose does this serve?
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A folded flag,
A purple heart.
.......
A family all
But torn apart.
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And I fought with courage,
To preserve,
Not my way of life,
But yours.
Carry on,
Don't mind me,
All I gave was everything.
And yet you ask me for more~.
Fought your fight,
Bought your lie,
And in return,
I lost my life.
What purpose does this serve?
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The cowards preach on pedestals,
Of words like
'Courage'
And
'Resolve',
But what they meant was,
"Fuck them all,
'Cause freedom isn't free."
They send our daughters
And our sons
To deserts under burning suns,
Sacrificial slaughtering to fill the pockets
Of the weak.
An artificial enemy,
Are we so easily deceived~?
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They carry on~
Oh whoa
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"You're a shameful opportunist!
What you don't understand is that it's better
To die on your feet than to live on your knees."
"You have it backwards, sir.
It's better to live on your feet, than to die on your knees."
Don't carry on.
Just walk away.
How many more sent to their graves,
In this lesson ignored~?
I fought your fight,
Bought your lie,
And in return,
I lost my life.
What purpose does this serve?
..
What purpose did I serve?
Oh whoa!
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*end*
You know, this song reminds me a lot of the treatment our V-Day heroes used to receive. How our veterans all take bullshit from anti war people, even though they didn't have a choice but to fight. War is horrible, but the way we treat are veterans is even worse, I feel.
After all, they fought your fight so you don't have to.
Thank you, brave men and women, who put their lives on the line to ensure our safety.
Anyways, two down, one to go.