[00:00:00] A Murder Of Memories - Eyedea & Abilities [00:00:25] Sometimes gunfire's brighter [00:00:27] Than the sunshine* [00:00:28] Sometimes a child's scream [00:00:29] Influences every dream [00:00:31] Sometimes we fool ourselves [00:00:32] Into thinkin' we've moved on [00:00:34] But no way no how [00:00:35] Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:00:37] No way no how [00:00:38] Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:00:40] No way no how [00:00:41] Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:00:43] No way no how [00:00:44] Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:00:46] No way no how [00:00:47] Do we ever forget what we've seen [00:00:49] It's now twenty-five years later [00:00:51] He's on the brink of fourty-three [00:00:52] Still searchin' for sanity [00:00:53] Surveyin' the floor of his distorted sea [00:00:55] He remembers high-school [00:00:56] Friends jokin' about the war [00:00:59] Never knew what Mom was cryin' for [00:01:01] The other piece [00:01:02] That shines in his mind [00:01:03] Is the divine first-love soul-mate [00:01:05] Beauty brown-eyed queen [00:01:06] He left behind [00:01:08] He remembers holdin' her tight [00:01:09] Watchin' the sunset at shore [00:01:11] Never knew what she was cryin' for [00:01:14] He got the letter in his mail [00:01:15] By the middle of his summer [00:01:17] Wouldn't have had to go if [00:01:19] It wasn't for his new born brother [00:01:20] He was barely eighteen [00:01:21] Murdering people even younger [00:01:23] And he still ducks and covers [00:01:24] Every time he hears the thunder [00:01:26] He still hears the screams [00:01:28] Smells the flesh [00:01:28] Tastes the death [00:01:29] Sees the blood [00:01:30] Feels the pain [00:01:31] What's to gain [00:01:32] Nothing's left but the slug [00:01:33] That remains in his right path [00:01:35] The bullet laughs every time he cries [00:01:37] And it drives him mad [00:01:39] Trying to sleep [00:01:40] But the visions give him a cold sweat [00:01:42] The war's been over for two decades [00:01:43] But he still hasn't been home yet [00:01:45] Everyday he wakes [00:01:46] And strains to repress his guilt [00:01:48] And forget the horror [00:01:49] The violence the kill-or-be-killed [00:01:51] Fists are always clenched [00:01:52] Teeth are always grindin' [00:01:54] Real life is lost [00:01:55] And in a bottle he tries to find it [00:01:57] "It's not fair" [00:01:58] He mumbles through a nightmare [00:02:00] Only in the fight for two years [00:02:01] And wound up spendin' [00:02:02] His whole life there [00:02:03] He was face to face with the devil [00:02:05] For the "welfare" of his country [00:02:07] Now he's strainin' to live [00:02:08] But his conscience won't let him [00:02:10] It ain't flashbacks [00:02:11] You have to understand the tragedy see [00:02:13] He left the war [00:02:14] But the war never left him see [00:02:16] He left the war [00:02:17] But the war never left him see [00:02:19] He left the war [00:02:20] But the war never left him see [00:02:22] He left the war [00:02:23] But the war never left him see [00:02:25] He left the war [00:02:27] It's now twenty-five years later [00:02:29] He's on the edge of a park bench [00:02:31] He's asked God for help [00:02:32] But found his source non-existent [00:02:34] He sits in the shadows [00:02:36] 'Cause his sun burns no more [00:02:37] Now he knows [00:02:38] What Mom was cryin' for [00:02:40] I used to watch old man in the park [00:02:42] The sight slowly drove right [00:02:43] Through my heart [00:02:44] Wishin' I could help [00:02:45] But not knowin' where to start [00:02:46] I'd walk away curse the world [00:02:48] Gush some love [00:02:49] And curse some more [00:02:50] Now you know who [00:02:51] I've been cryin' for [00:02:52] He threw his medals in the river [00:02:54] But they sunk alone [00:02:55] Put shades on his eyes