Beyond the Cadence
Location
Left Right, Left Right
That's all I hear
The constant drone
Of boots marching
Endlessly in the
Cold dark night
My minds starts to slip
I try to think of family, friends
Their warm smiles
Their making us sing now
Hey Hey Uncle Sam take me down to the railroad track
Put a bomb in my hand I wanna be a bombing man
The best I can, The best I can
For Uncle Sam, For Uncle Sam
God the images
I can't get them out of my head
Recite the genral orders
Their screaming now
I spout number 3
Like a robot programed
Even though its perfect
Their still screaming its wrong
We stand still now
In perfect formation
I feels shards of glass cutting through my feet
I'm trying to keep a smile
It's all thats holding me together
They notice and scream, yelling to stop smiling
They have us jump like bunnies now
Mocking us
I can feel my anger rise
We are buffons
Puppets in their circus
After they had their fix, they have us continue to march
They stop again
This time to play a game that's a no-win
Of running acrooss the black cement in
10 seconds
It seems so pointless
But they love to see us fail
We try, we lose, they yell, we're punished
It's a whole cycle
Tears well up all around me
They laugh at the tears, calling us weak
I feel tears at my eyes
But instead I smile
I refuse to let them break me
They see my smile
They yell
But I don't care
I refuse to let them see me broken
After a while they get board and
We continue
My thoughts all drown out
I countinue to march
Left Right, Left Right