[Part I]
[Intro: Future]
Drop your location, she think she me or sum’ (Hendrix)
Put on my chains, now she think she me or sum’
She keep a Glock in her bag, she think …
[Verse 1]
You said, “Speak from your mind
The words that it finds
Come out of your soul, a part of the whole”
You said, “What does it change?
Both of us know
After tonight, there …
[TONY]
Maria…
The most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria…
Maria, Maria…
Maria!
I’ve just met a girl named Maria
And …
[Verse 1]
What happens in dreams where we fly?
Never been as high as tonight
Staring through a window in time
For someone to show me what I’m like
He said, “Hello”, it’s like a …
[Verse 1]
Oh-oh-oh, every little smile hides a little lie
Could cut the silence with a knife
Subatomic bliss is nothing left to miss
It’s just empty Russian roulette
[Pre-Chorus]
Try to brush it off my …
Preacher said he died too young
Over there totin’ that gun1
For Uncle Sam2 and our freedom3
Mom and Daddy dressed in black4
They folded up that flag
Handed it to dad5
Started prayin’
Yeah he went out 21 guns blazin’6
An’ that’s One Hell of an Amen7
That’s the only way to go8
Fightin’ the good fight9
Til the Good Lord calls you home10
And so be well my friend
Til’ I see you again11
This is our last goodbye
But it’s a Hell of an Amen12
Doctor said he ain’t got long13
He just smiled said bring it on14
If you think I’m scared
You got it all wrong15
A little cancer can’t break me
My heart’s right and I believe16
We all hit our knees
Started prayin’17
Naw he never gave up
Said the Good Lord’s waitin’18
An’ that’s One Hell of an Amen
That’s the only way to go
Fightin’ the good fight
Til the Good Lord calls you home
So be well my friend
Til’ I see you again
Yeah this is our last goodbye
But it’s a Hell of an Amen
So be well my friend
Til’ I see you again
This is our last goodbye
But it’s a Hell of an Amen19
The man who died young was a United States soldier.
Uncle Sam is a fictitious character representing the United States government. He is known for encouraging young men to enlist in the military.
Bradley Gilbert believes American soldiers fight for the ideology of freedom.
Someone who is dressed in black is wearing mourning clothes.
A father who receives a folded up American flag is a father who has just lost a child due to war.
The young man was shot and died in battle.
An “amen” here means a final act before dying.
“To go” means “to die.”
Bradley Gilbert believes America’s wars are just wars.
“Til the Good Lord calls you home” means “until you die.”
Bradley Gilbert believes his friend who died in battle will see him again when they are both in heaven.
According to Bradley Gilbert, the soldier died performing a righteous act: going to war for his country.
The doctor said the young soldier didn’t have long to live.
The soldier wasn’t afraid to die for his country.
The soldier didn’t fear death.
That is, believe in God.
The soldier’s loved ones prayed for his recovery.
Although nobody wanted him to die, the soldier was willing to pass away and go to heaven.
Bradley Gilbert gives a final goodbye message to his friend who died as a U.S. soldier in battle, though he expects to hang out with him again in the hereafter.
1 user explanation and meaning
Lex
This song is explaining how that when you believe you are saying good-bye to someone, you really arent because you will see them again someday in heaven. Also, that you must live your life to the fullest and keep fighting for what you believe in until the very end.