You could be brave if you wanted to.
You could fight for his cause.
You could pick up that gun.
You could believe in something.
(Him.)
You could learn to be brave.
You could learn to fight.
You could learn to shoot.
You could learn to believe in something.
(Him.)
You could try to be brave.
You could try to fight.
You could try to shoot.
You could try to believe.
(You already do.)
That's one obstacle gone.
Maybe you could try and learn and do.
But that would require putting the bottle down.
(He told you to.)
You're gonna die in this battle anyway.
Won't be alive for the war.
Do you even remember what they're fighting for?
Probably not.
You're gonna die in this anyway.
Either by gunfire or intoxication.
So why not die like Icarus?
Just get too close to the sun.
It's (he's) worth a shot.
Or two.