The Island

When the ramp dropped down

I was 19 years old

Water over my head

I'll make it to the other side

Or I'll leave this island dead

There's two times as many of them as us

We ain't gonna be out gunned

The sand was black and hot as fire

Volcanic ash and sun

They were dug in deep into the hillsides

We were fighting for our lives

Bullets whistle by the side of my head

We go on the count of five

I make it up the hill with fewer men

Than stepped into the sea

Throw fire into a pillbox

We try to kill what we can't see

God damn this island

Goddamn this war

Goddamn this hell we stepped into

There ain't no God here anymore

The bullet's for the other man

Everybody feels the same

I hand my friend a cigarette

He found one with his name

We were only supposed to be a week

By my last count it's four

You think that you've given everything

Then the Island takes some more

God damn this island

Goddamn this war

Goddamn this hell we stepped into

There ain't no God here anymore

The flag goes up through gunfire

We claimed this island as our own

I'm not the same man who swam ashore

At least I'll make it home

This island became a graveyard

For braver men than me

White crosses paint the hillside

Sometimes a good man's gotta die to be free

God damn this island

Goddamn this war

Goddamn this hell we stepped into

There ain't no god here anymore