(intro)          Back in the days of shock and awe                we came to liberate them all.             History was the cruel judge of overconfidence                 back in the days of shock and awe.                         Back in the days of "mission accomplished"        our chief was landing on the deck.              The sun was setting on a golden photo op                     back in the days of "mission accomplished".                             Thousands of bodies in the ground               brought home in boxes to a trumpet’s sound.                   No one sees them coming home that way                      thousands buried in the ground.                   (                 )     Thousands of children scarred for life                 millions of tears for a soldier’s wife.           Both sides are losing now Heaven takes them in                         thousands of children scarred for life.                       We had a chance to change our mind                   but somehow wisdom was hard to find.                     We went with what we knew and now we can’t go back                             but we had a chance to change our mind.                         (                     )