Vietnam Lyrics - Dhyani - Project Pitchfork

i wanted to fight so i went to war 

i thought it was right 

to fight for my country 

but then i saw the torture 

i saw the misery the pain and the dead 

and i was wounded now i'm paralyzed 

all this has changed my point of view 

i shot enemies now i know they are humans 

i shot civilists now i know i'm a murderer 

i had time to think now i want to tell 

those young men who want to be soldiers 

who want to fight in a war for their country 

that i've seen it that i'm a victim of war 

and that i don't want them to do 

the same mistake 

every time i close my eyes 

i can hear the screams 

i can see the dead and the fire 

i don't want them to see the things i saw 

i want to tell them they needn't to be 

soldiers to be men 

and i've learned that love and forgiveness 

is better than hate and war 

but now those people who sent me 

to their war forbid me to speak 

about the love about the pleasure 

about the youth i've lost