[Verse 1]
Sand in the teeth
Salt on the lips
Polaroids creased
Names on the clips
Patch on my shoulder
Home on my mind
Letter in my pocket
Folded three times
[Chorus]
We all bleed the same red
Under the armor
Under the dread
Take the hate out your mouth
Lay it down
Lay it down instead
Look me straight in the eyes
I am somebody’s kid too
Dust on the boots
Same sky above
I’m not so different from you
[Verse 2]
Heard what you called us
Thrown like a stone
Easy word
Hard war
Far from your home
But I see my brother
In every face
Scared and stubborn
In a foreign place
[Chorus]
We all bleed the same red
Under the armor
Under the dread
Take the hate out your mouth
Lay it down
Lay it down instead
Look me straight in the eyes
I am somebody’s kid too
Dust on the boots
Same sky above
I’m not so different from you
[Bridge]
Strip off the ranks
Take off the pride
It’s just a heart
Trying to survive
Say what you feel
But learn what it does
Words can cut deeper
Than shrapnel ever was
[Chorus]
We all bleed the same red
Under the armor
Under the dread
Take the hate out your mouth
Lay it down
Lay it down instead
Look me straight in the eyes
I am somebody’s kid too
Dust on the boots
Same sky above
I’m not so different from you