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So when the smoke and the fire of anther attack slowly drift away

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Can anyone seem to find the appropriate words to say?

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When the pain of loss and sudden change conjure family strife

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Is there any hope at all for a return to normal life?


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Is there solace in condolence or just deeper pain dug up?

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The sad truth is victim's families have nothing to look forward to

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And I'm sick of picking up the Boston Globe and seeing painful days of loss

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Question everything without apology about the horror and the cost



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Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
 
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With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat

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And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy

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Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of life


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We see a new war in the offing as we're challenged by a new plight

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It's media handle is terrorism , it's the same old ideological fight

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The debates will rage on, are we handling this thing right?

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Can't turn away reality, can't push it out of our mind's eye



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Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
 
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With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat

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And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy

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Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life


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And civilian loss on the other side, is that something that we try to hide?

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What about the human condition, I'm sick of all these justifications

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Where is the real outrage? My god, there's got to be a better way

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Is this how we solve problems? I guess we haven't really evolved much



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Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find
 
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With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat

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And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy

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Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life.

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And cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life

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Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life