Song Description

alt-rock song about the experiences of war

Lyrics

You're as calm tonight as a hand grenade
Don't you know that's why they called me in
I will add the final words
To what it is that you begin

Nerves of steel are bought with tears
That are cried from an open wound
Don't come back to me without the answer
To the question I will ask of you

Are you ready to grow up
Are you ready to join the fight
I gave everything I had for you
And you will give it back tonight

You're alive tonight like a struck down wire
Is it everything you had hoped for
These are the days that will fill their books
The ones that change the score

Do you see that, the sky's on fire
No rain will slow the flame
Build a fortress from your pain
So destiny will know your name

Are you ready to grow up
Are you ready to stand and fight
I gave everything I had for you
And you will give it back tonight

Are you ready to grow old...with me
Are you willing to make this right
I'll give everything I have...in the world
To be with you tonight

In the middle of the war machine
We're coming of age, coming out clean
Break the ties that bind us
Leave the world you knew behind