pages turn    my stare burns    the conflict of logic    the crowd stands in awe       screen in a speakeasy    a man in black    we've addressed many times    and call on now       thought occurs    I've been here before    hear his words    I've seen him somewhere    the vision haunts    I know him somehow    as I tear my mind    I've been here before       never has power risen so    as we lay our bodies to the butcher called    patriotism    another shot heard round the world    but this time, literally    as I fall slain by faith    I can almost hear liberty say    I have loved just this once    but have lived and died many times       history books    we were so young    we were so strong    that's what they taught us       baring in mind    it's only a book    I close it and walk out    wide eyes and all       think out loud