Forgive them?
You people must be nuts
Have you already forgotten?
I sure haven't
To forgive would be to dismiss
And that is simply something I cannot do
Dad stop giving me that wide-eyed stare
Yes I know I'm prejudice
No it doesn't bother me
Please stop telling me to calm down
You don't understand
What gives them the right to come here?
To enlist in our defenses
Wear our colors?
I wish someone
Anyone...
Would understand
This is not something I'll “work on”
They make me angry
He suffered Dad
Never before have I seen such agony
Felt so much pain
They're just like us you say?
That's where you're wrong!
We wouldn't have treated another human that way
Stop calling him an American
I refuse to be his friend
People like that are the reason
I was forced to move on...
To love another
It still hurts
Damn it does
Each and every day
I'm forced to awaken to reality
Never again will I see his face
For last August
People like that
Robbed me of him
You'll have to excuse me
If I don't shake his hand
Or thank him for his service
I do not see an American
Nor potential for a good friend
Only emptiness I long to fill
And searing pain
Where our dreams had once been
Maybe someday when the dust settles
And the pain gives way a little
This tune will change
Until then all I ask
Is that you try to understand
Yes I know he forgave them
The man was a hero
In every sense of the word
We won't agree on this subject
So please just hold me while the tears fall
Year number one without him has been
The closest to hell I'll ever see
As August approaches
And the memories come flooding back
Don't try and change my mind
Or shake your head with disgust
I'm trying...
No longer do I cry everyday
Or pine for the past
But I'm not ready to forgive
I just can't...