Just Wanted to Make Mother Proud

I couldn't catch my breath laying there
Fading in and out
And I can remember mother telling me "Home is where the heart is"
But my heart has long been black
Coming to the end of my road
But I never wanted it like this, not like this
Looking over, there lay my mother
And louder and louder I screamed her name
But she wouldn't say anything

This was all too familiar
But I've never been on this side of things
Memories of my brothers racing through my mind
And soon I know we'll all be together again

The sound of gunfire so loud and rapid
But it seems to be so quiet around me
And out of nowhere I feel peace cover me
I reach down and reload my ticket home
The taste of cold steel on my lips
And a second later, silence fills the January air
They carried us off and laid us in the city
To let the public see of our defeat
But we still live on, we live on

Years may pass, but the story will be told
Of Mother Maylene, and us her sons of disaster