歌词
I was born to be of service
我生来就该服役参军
Camp Lejeune just felt like home
列尊营（美国北卡罗莱纳州的一个军事基地）如同是我的家
I had honor I found purpose
我拥有荣耀，我找到意义
Sir yes sir that's what I know
长官，这就是我所知道的
They sent us to a place
他们派遣我们
I never heard of weeks before
来到我数周前从不曾听闻的地方
When you're nineteen it ain't hard to sleep
如果你十九岁，入睡并非难事
In the desert on God's floor
在沙漠中，主的土地上
Close your eyes stop counting sheep
闭上眼睛，停下数绵羊
You ain't in boot camp anymore
你不再是位于训练营地了
We were taught to shoot our rifles
我们会教你如何用步枪射击
Then in one then side by side
而后我们成为一体，并肩作战
Thought we'd be made as liberators
认同我们作为解放者的身份
In a thousand-year-old fight
在这场像一千年那样漫长的战斗中
I got this painful ringing in my ear
我耳边萦绕着令人难受的嗡嗡耳鸣
From an IED last night
来自昨夜的一颗简易炸弹
But no lead-lined Humvee war machine
但带着铅制内衬的军用悍马汽车
Could save my sergeant's life
没能拯救我的中士长官的性命
Three more soldiers six civilians
还有三名士兵，六个平民
Need these words to come out right
需要这些祷词来得到安息：
God of mercy God of light
慈爱的主，光辉的主
Save your children from this life
将你的孩子从这段生命中救赎
Here these words this humble plea
在此进献这祷词，这谦卑的祈求
For I have seen the suffering
为我所见的这些苦难
And with this prayer I'm hopin'
我也在这祈祷中期待着
That we can be unbroken
我们能变得坚不可摧
It's eighteen months now I've been stateside
十八个月后，我回到了祖国
With this medal on my chest
胸口佩戴着这勋章
But there are things I can't remember
但有些事我已无法记起
And there are things I won't forget
有些事我将永不忘却
I lie awake at night
我在夜里无法入睡
With dreams that devils shouldn't see
伴随着恶魔也不该看见的梦魇
I wanna scream but I can't breathe
我想大声尖叫，但我无法呼吸
And Christ I'm sweatin' through these sheets
基督啊，我的冷汗浸透了这些床单
Where's my brothers where's my country
我的弟兄，我的国家，都在哪儿呢？
Where's my how things used to be
我过去习以为常的一切，又在哪儿呢？
God of mercy God of light
慈爱的主，光辉的主
Save your children from this life
将你的孩子从这段生命中救赎
Here these words this humble plea
在此进献这祷词，这谦卑的祈求
For I have seen the suffering
为我所见的这些苦难
And with this prayer I'm hopin'
我也在这祈祷中期待着
That we can be unbroken
我们能变得坚不可摧
My service dog's done more for me
我的看护犬为我做了
Than the medication would
比药物更多的贡献
There ain't no angel that's comin' to save me
没有天使来拯救我
But even if they could
但，哪怕他们可以来
Today twenty-two will die from suicide
今天，二十二岁的年轻人也将会因自鲨而死去
Just like yesterday they're gone
就像过去的他们离开人世时一样
I live my life for each tomorrow
我为了每一个明天而活
So their memories will live on
这样，关于他们的记忆也将维持鲜活
Once we were boys and we were strangers
我们都曾经是小孩，是陌生人
Now we're brothers and we're men
现在，我们是兄弟，我们是男人
Someday you'll ask me was it worth it
总有一天，你们会问我
To be of service in the end
服役参军是否值得
Well the blessing and the curses
我想到那些赐福，那些诅咒
Yeah I'd do it all again
好，我会全部再来一次
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh yeah
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