My friend, you've changed in so little time

You're tall and strong and I'm a little sad that your responsibility is no longer mine

You were small but I knew you could fill a room if you wanted to

You were so determined to prove yourself, I looked up to you then and I still do

You held up your head though at times you seemed remarkably sad

You wanted to show us you weren't a burden, well I'm here to tell you that you already had

Now you're a hero and I've been captured by those we fight

And for a moment I don't recognize you, but you're still you, alright?

Save me now because I can't do it myself

I'm not in right mind, nor in right health

Now you've freed me and I'm a little bit bitter

Somewhat disappointed and slightly off-kilter

I'll make it right because I never wanted you to know how I'm selfish

I never wanted you for the war though I knew for you it was hellish

I'm fine, you're still yourself, don't listen I don't want you to see

At first I was self-centered, but now I know that we're still not free

We serve a purpose for those who are hopeless and for whom Death is stalling

But the snow seems cold as you're reaching for me (and now I'm falling)

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Cold, cold . . . (sliding down my face, is that rain?)

I tried to get up, I don't think I can

(Save me again?)

You're fading

(When we meet, I don't think I'll be worth saving)

They want me to murder for them

I refused, though God knows I've killed other men

I hear them, they're coming back

I'm gonna bleed some more, I wonder if they'll put me on a rack . . .

I can't remember your name

(Can't remember mine, they don't want me sane)

Who are you?

(I thought I knew . . .)

I don't think I'm coming back from this

(Whoever you are, you kept me from the abyss)

I'm lost

(I need this mess that's my sanity, you're the cost)

No

(But I'm already letting go)

Who are you?

Something not new

I know you

Now I'm someone, tell me who

Blue eyes

The ones I kill for, they tell me lies

I have a name, you've said it before

(Don't don't don't, I'm not a person but a killer made for war-)

You're just a mission and I'm a machine

I'm a nightmare, except you don't wake up from this bad dream

I've heard your voice but I don't know where from

I know your face but it's lost in the sound of my sniper's gun

I can't seem to think, I can't, can't remember

The others know this, and they don't wait for my surrender

There's a blank void echoing silently in my mind

It's an abyss and those who built me don't even try to be kind

Now you're lost again, your name slips from my tongue before it's even formed

Slipping from my grasp and they don't give me time for the loss to be mourned

I'm a puppet to my handlers, a useful little marionette

You're my mission once more, and I'm a killer kept on a leash meant for a pet

We're fighting because It's all I can recall

I'm too far gone, I won't catch you if you fall

But now you are, water rushing up to meet you

I don't know if I'm thinking as I fall too

I'll pull you out because it's like a shout in my mind

("I'm with you 'til the end of the line.")