Thanks for Nothing

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN SOMEONE WAVES A BATTLE FLAG?
UNTIE YOUR HANDS OR CRAWL INTO A BODY BAG?
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HEAR THE CALL, YOU扲E STANDING WITH YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WALL
I扗 LIKE TO THINK I扗 NEVER RAISE A FIST BUT I AIN扵 NEVER BEEN PUT TO THE TEST
AND I CAN BLAME THE PATRIOT FOR BEING BLINDLY LEAD
BUT DO WE LIVE THE VIOLENCE OR THE VIOLENCE WE扸E INHERITED

BLACKENED AND BLUE YOU WATCH ANOTHER TURN THE SCREW
GOING ON AND ON AND ON

I KNOW IT扴 DUMB, WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN I THOUGHT ABOUT MY PLACE IN HISTORY
AND WAS THERE ANYTHING WORTH FRIGHTENING FOR AND WOULD I EVER HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH WAR
AND I WON扵 BLAME THE REBEL FOR REMOVING HIS OWN CHAINS
AND I THINK A TIME MAY COME WHEN I MAY JUST HAVE TO DO THE SAME