Flobots - Bradley Manning lyrics

I'm not superstitious but I hope
You'll believe me when I tell
You that my whole world will end
If I cannot be with you

If you see something, say something
Uncle Sam wants you, to please, pay attention
Cause freedom ain't free it's paid for by
The people that bleed they can do
It for the people that breathe
The same air it ain't fair so
We read them and weep
Thinking about that's lost, thinking
Bout that time served
Thinking about that high cost
When we see the family pay attention
This is the story of one young man
The country has been making fun of him
But he didn't let that stun gun him
No, signed up for the few, the proud
The duty sworn uncle Sam wants you
As stated himself when he put on that uniform

2009, October, one young man crossed over
The Iraqi border for the first time
And began marching to orders 2009, November
One month in Private First Class
Saw soldiers shooting reporters
Brad was aghast
And then they die, and the boys laughed
It was like a child torturing
Ants with a magnifying glass
And when they died Brad was aghast
He felt the shells from the blast
Impact he had to tell somebody

Uncle Sam wants you and now
He's in the prison cell
Freedom ain't free while I'm
Out here living well
It ain't fair he stays there
Thinking about the time served
Wanna stand and shout, wanna sing so loud
He could hear us speak
And what I'm seeing on the screen
Screaming and race running
Another scene, bleeding and face numbing
And when they die, boys laughed
I wanna shake someone, I wanna scream
"If you see something say something!"

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We can turn this world inside out