Do you remember the airplane?
That circled overhead like all the vultures did
When we were younger
Our bodies shook, while we were under
The family tree
Do you remember when the news came?
And all the looks that stayed the same
And the box of letters with broken hinges
Dirty mouths and red syringes
And everything
The martyr's life is not the life you chose
Fortunate son you have only one choice
Heart betrayed by the voices of the past
Forget but don't forgive yourself
'Cause you will never be resolved
With the pa**ing of the fault
So you cover all the family fields
The gravestones still remain.
(gravestones remain)...
Do you remember when you had no voice?
You mother left you with no more choice
Cause you couldn't laugh, you couldn't cry,
you couldn't love you couldn't die
For the God above
Do you recall the sumer dance
where all those girls would hold your hand?
And the bomber jacket you wouldn't wear
Your brother left you with little care for anyone
The martyr's life is not the life he chose
Fortunate son trade your house for a gun
But the house holds the life your brother lost
Forget but don't forgive yourself
Cause you will never be resolved
With the pa**ing of the fault
So cover of the family fields
The gravestones still remain
That's where your brother remains
The hero in the family grave
Your only burden Is your shame
to know your sacrifice gave your son
the honor of a family name.