You laid before me
Bleeding from my hand
Over and over you kept saying,
"I'm your friend, I'm your friend!"
But my mind just couldn't accept it
So I raised my arm
And I kept hitting you
Until the glass broke beneath us
But as you were falling
There flashed in my mind
Images of you and me
Our days of army training
Of couch cushions on the floor
And it was then that
I knew I had to save you
As I watched you falling
Tears filled my eyes
My mind was hurting; telling me
"He's your mission, he must die!"
I can't really explain it
Because I don't really know
But my heart was there, screaming,
"You can't let him go!"
But still, you were falling
And a tear slipped down my face
My body wouldn't move
But I had to do something
So despite all the yelling
I jumped to your rescue
As I splashed into the water
And heard the roar of the planes
I saw you slip under
The mighty, flaming waves
Your hand floated downward
And I struggled to move
Fighting against my mission
I knew what I had to do
When I reached down in the water
And started to pull you up
Something inside me finally broke
I did not fully understand it
But now I know it was my heart
It finally spoke
It told me of my past with you
As I dragged your body to shore
Your stars and stripes were in my mind
I started to remember
We both share the stars now
Mine red, yours white
Both remnants of our past; not gone
Just lost within this fight
Your body lay on the shore now
I just saved your life
My mind coiled my arm to kill
But I wouldn't let it strike
I turned slowly and walked away
As soon as you started to breathe
I had to get so far away
Before my heart could grieve
Your name is a like whisper
Something that I once knew
What would it sound like on my tongue
If I dared to say it to you?
As I walked and walked
My mind screamed, "MISSION!"
But I walked and walked
Far away from you
Away from...
Oh, what's your name?
My heart is trying to tell me
Away from...away...
Far away from...
I stop in my tracks
My mouth goes slack
It's Steve
That's who you are
My friend
You are
My Steve