The heat here makes me want to leave   I'll take a shot to ease the pain    Ash the parchment memories   Twenty seconds til' I fade       Chorus:   We've come this far   Not backing down   Can't stop it now   Fight ourselves another war   And I'm not leaving   Without admitting all our sins   One last thought before I die   To define our need to fight      Beyond a curtain masquerade   There's lead left buried with the names   If we knew we weren't coming back   Would all the answers be the same      Chorus      We've come this far (we've this far)((this far))   Not backing down (not backing down)((this far))   Can't stop it now (can't stop it now) ((not backing down))   Can't stop it now (can't stop it now) ((can't stop it now))   We've come this far ((this far)) ((can't stop it now))   Not backing down ((we've come this far))   We've come this far ((this far))   Not backing down ((we've come this far))      And I'm not leaving   Without admitting all our sins   One more song before I die   To define our need to fight