Shards of Life

[00:00.88] So when the smoke and the fire of anther attack slowly drift away
[00:05.35] Can anyone seem to find the appropriate words to say?
[00:10.24] When the pain of loss and sudden change conjure family strife
[00:14.70] Is there any hope at all for a return to normal life?
[00:19.99] Is there solace in condolence or just deeper pain dug up?
[00:34.02] The sad truth is victim's families have nothing to look forward to
[00:38.68] And I'm sick of picking up the Boston Globe and seeing painful days of loss
[00:43.95] Question everything without apology about the horror and the cost
[00:48.22] Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
[00:53.11] With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat
[00:58.32] And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy
[01:03.19] Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of life
[01:06.57] We see a new war in the offing as we're challenged by a new plight
[01:21.95] It's media handle is terrorism, it's the same old ideological fight
[01:27.24] The debates will rage on, are we handling this thing right?
[01:31.71] Can't turn away reality, can't push it out of our mind's eye
[01:36.75] Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
[01:41.40] With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat
[01:46.38] And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy
[01:50.96] Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of life
[01:55.78] And civilian loss on the other side, is that something that we try to hide?
[02:00.64] What about the human condition, I'm sick of all these justifications
[02:05.48] Where is the real outrage? My god, there's got to be a better way
[02:10.22] Is this how we solve problems? I guess we haven't really evolved much
[02:15.05] Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
[02:20.86] With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat
[02:24.51] And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy
[02:29.95] Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life
[02:33.95] And cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life
[02:38.23] Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life
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