Echoes of War

[Intro]

"To do what in that time, you know, we
We had to give what moves there was
They, somehow, you had to give the background to it
You had to describe the..."

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"Physical environment of the story, if there was one."

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"And out of this group, a kind of personalized news essay thing."

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"I didn't have any real idea of the impact on this country till I came back."

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War is over!
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But I still hear the crack of machine guns

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The party has just begun
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And I already see what people have become

[Guitar Riff]

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The night is colder!
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And now I'm feeling the burden in my arms

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I should be the only one
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To face this fight, stand my ground, and never run

[Guitar Riff]

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[Guitar Solo]

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[Piano Base]

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"Perhaps you'd like to know
What an American reporter thinks about
On his last night in London
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Three years ago tonight, I also saw New York
With a vague feeling that European history
Was about to burst from its own centrifugal force
And I wanted a close-up view."

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Be the last soldier!
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No matter how you fall, you'll rise, you'll fight to win

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Haunting memories
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Don't let them change who you are or what you see

[Synthesizer Solo]

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[Piano Solo]

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