Story Behind The Song

TO NOT CLOUD ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE AND STAND FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.

Song Description

He never wanted to be treated special. He never wanted to be singled out. He never once self-promoted his sacrifice. In fact, he never would submit to an interview about leaving his newlywed wife at home and leaving millions of NFL dollars on the table to join the Army Rangers during those ominous times after 9/11. And then he died, and he got everything he never wanted. The government tried to turn Pat Tillman into a martyr. The military storytellers tried to turn his tragic, real-life death into a fictionalized, made-for-TV movie. The Army motto is made up of three words -- "Duty, honor, country." But somewhere in this sad story, honor -- the middleman -- got squeezed out. Let us remember that Pat Tillman and millions of others have died fighting for truth, justice and freedom. But let us also remember that without truth, there is no justice. And without truth and justice, is freedom really worth fighting for?