Tabbed by: hyperliteBo G5 C5 G5 So when the smoke and the fire of anther attack slowly drift away D5 C5 G5 Can anyone seem to find the appropriate words to say? G5 C5 G5 When the pain of loss and sudden change conjure family strife D5 C5 G5 Is there any hope at all for a return to normal life? G5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 G5 C5 G5 Is there solace in condolence or just deeper pain dug up? D5 C5 G5 The sad truth is victim's families have nothing to look forward to G5 C5 G5 And I'm sick of picking up the Boston Globe and seeing painful days of loss D5 C5 G5 Question everything without apology about the horror and the cost D5 C5 G5 Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find D5 C5 G5 With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat G5 C5 G5 And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy D5 C5 G5 Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of life G5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5 G5 C5 G5 We see a new war in the offing as we're challenged by a new plight D5 C5 G5 It's media handle is terrorism , it's the same old ideological fight G5 C5 G5 The debates will rage on, are we handling this thing right? D5 C5 G5 Can't turn away reality, can't push it out of our mind's eye D5 C5 G5 Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find D5 C5 G5 With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat G5 C5 G5 And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy D5 C5 G5 Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life G5 C5 G5 And civilian loss on the other side, is that something that we try to hide? D5 C5 G5 What about the human condition, I'm sick of all these justifications G5 C5 G5 Where is the real outrage? My god, there's got to be a better way D5 C5 G5 Is this how we solve problems? I guess we haven't really evolved much D5 C5 G5 Shards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to find D5 C5 G5 With a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeat G5 C5 G5 And hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcy D5 C5 G5 Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life. D5 C5 G5 And cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life D5 C5 D5 Cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life