I don't want to die today for a war I cannot win
I don't want my mother to cry today because I won't be home again
I don't know the reason why today, what war is all about
My soul is about to cry today for what it will find out
My mind has traveled far today and looked deep into my core
For I have learned that I am wrong today in what I thought before
Many soldiers here will die today, some never thought it through
My soul will surely die today for what I'm about to do
For what I've seen and understood today, I need to scream it out
A part of us who kill today will die without a doubt
The soul within will die today, will change forevermore
I'll kill a part of me today that I never can restore
The reason I am here today seemed clear to me at first
The death I've seen has changed all that, and now I fear the worst
There must be another, a better way, that won't send my soul to hell
For in killing him my soul will die and I'll kill myself as well
I looked my god in the eye today and saw myself inside
I saw all there is to know where the evil does reside
All evil exists inside of man, it does not live outside
It's up to me to throw it out or let it there reside
I must believe the other's bad to do what I must do
I'm told that he or I must die, it must be me or you
So simple, see, they are all bad and all of us are good
The only way is to kill today, it's simple, understood
Don't analyze, don't criticize, don't think, just go and do it
It's you or him, it's sink or swim, your god will get you through it
I have the power to take a life and now I'm told to use it
I must know that I am right, I surely can't abuse it
You must not tarry, you know that there's danger
You know that it is him or it's you
You know deep inside, you know, you know what you must do
You muster to quarters, get all your things ready
Decision time is at hand, whatever I choose
In the end, will I be more or less of a man