Shadows on the Wall

Twenty years ago, I said goodbye to my young friends
 Now I stand among them once again
 Was it shame or was it pride that brought me to this place at night?
 Looking down upon the wall of tears
 And all around me are the faces marked by emptiness
 And joined by all this pain
 There is no turnin' back, this bitter page is carved in black
 Nothing we can change
 We are shadows on the wall
 Strangers in this place still buy memories
 Time cannot erase shadows on the wall
 A father finds the son he lost so long ago
 Silently remembering his face
 Holdin' back his tears some way
 But I cried when I heard him say
 "If I could take your place"
 And I am blinded by the sight of war's finality
 As I read your name
 There is no turnin' back, this bitter page is carved in black
 Nothing we can change
 We are shadows on the wall
 Strangers in this place still buy memories
 Time cannot erase shadows on the wall
 Who decides in America?
 Running out of time in America
 We are shadows on the wall
 Strangers in this place still buy memories
 Time cannot erase shadows on the wall
 (Shadows on the wall)
 Strangers in this place still buy memories
 Time cannot erase shadows on the wall
 I said, brother
 (Shadows on the wall)
 Oh, can you hear me? Can you hear me?
 (Danger's on the wall)
 I cried all last night when I read your name
 (Brothers on the wall)
 We are shadows on the wall
 (Shadows on the wall)
 Oh, I wanna know who decides in America
 (In the shadows, in the shadows)
 (Hey)
 (Ooh yeah, oh)
 (I miss my brother, oh, ooh yeah)
 (Oh yeah)