I was a soldier who sharpened his sword and went to war Until I saw that my fellow soldiers didn't know what for So I laid down my arms and stood aside But before I got home every piece of me died I'm still alive but these scars are all that's mine And it's not right How it tears me up inside But if you can't love your enemies You will never end this fight So I dug my trenches And lived behind safe doors But at home I found just another version of the wars Yeah, people on both sides of all these issues Are making some sense to me And though these days I'm more disarming than crossing swords Sometimes I'm still the stubborn side of me And I will fight With those who only know their side Because if you can love your enemies There's no more pretend divide These lives we've taken trying to reach Some kind of transcendental thing The time we've wasted trying to beat Ourselves into a new regime We don't accept what we can see Blinded by our hostility And the things we fear These lives we've taken trying to reach Some kind of transcendental thing The time we've wasted trying to beat Ourselves into a new regime We don't accept what we can see Blinded by our hostility And the things we fear And it's not right