Can you see what you've become

Hiding yourself behind a loaded gun?

You will never feel true love living in the shadow of the sun.

The hopeless now lie crawling on their knees

And who will lead with compassion in their hands?

Break, break away

Break from the past, break

From everything you know

Take, take away. Take from the dead

They are living proof

Try to breathe the smoke-filled air

Haunted by the voices of the dead

You will never win the war or wash

Away the blood that has been shed

The hopeless now lie crawling on their knees

And who will lead with compassion in their hands?

Break, break away

Break from the past

Break from everything you know.

Take, take away.

Take from the dead, they are living proof.

Break, break away.

Break from the past, break

From everything you know.

Take, take away.

Take from this life – it's the only fucking truth

To the cowards who sit back and watch

Fathers become a casualty notch:

Where are they now the truth is out?

To the mothers who grieve and cry

While their children fight back and die:

Where are they now the truth is out?

Break, break away

Break from the past, break

From everything you know.

Take, take away.

Take from the dead, they are living proof.

Break, break away.

Break from the past, break from everything you know.

Take, take away.

Take from this life – it's the only fucking truth.

This is the only fucking truth.