Hidden Wounds

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 The women look like a large rag doll smashed to pieces
 The incident that affected them most profoundly occured while he was leading a mobile patrol
 It was 1972
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 A massive explosion a hundred yards in front of Johnson's vehicle
 Brought the patrol to a halt
 A bom had been detonated in an underground toilet
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 Johnson saw people scattering through swirling clouds of thick black smoke
 Within minutes he had cornererd out the area a man of guards to provide cover against snipers
 Just in case it was a setup
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 Raised voices caught his attention
 A man was screaming at a policeman pointing at the toilet
 He was shouting: my wife is in there!
 Johnson raised to voice the man
 
Redemption isn't coming soon
 I'm stuck here with these hidden wounds
 All the things they made me do
 They haunt me 
(What's that sound)
 I'm drinking just to dull the pain
 Images won't go away
 They count the dead now why don't they just count me
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I was about to give the order when one of my men found a women shoe
 When I found her she looked like a large rag doll smashed to pieces
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 All that whas left of her clothing was a piece of rag around her neck
 Other parts of her where just been blown off
 Even her toes where missing
 I covered her with my combat jacket 
And carried her out to an outpost
 
On the first day of the year
 He had a grip on all the fear
 You where diamond
 But then gradually untold
 He got a hold of your soul
 Your bones are crying
 
All the wonders of the world to stop and letting know
 which you go through
 And no one understand the pain they thought you where just playing games
 It breaks my heart today
 Just to hear you say
 
Redemption isn't coming soon
 I'm stuck here with these hidden wounds
 All the things they made me do
 They haunt me 
(What's that sound)
 I'm drinking just to dull the pain
 Images won't go away
 They count the dead now why don't they just count me
 (What's that sound)
 
And I see the things go by 
But I'm just feeling numb is no one here to come over 
Cause they hate to see me cry 
They think I'm gone insane
 These hidden wounds will stay open
 
I was taught to love and not to hate
 As fire rates becomes my fate
 I'm like a bomb I've detonate
 Excuse me
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 I'm longing for another spring
 A little love a natural thing
 Someone to hold just anything 
That's scare free
 
And I've seen the days go by 
But I'm just feeling numb
 There is no one here to come over
 Cause they hate to see me cry 
They think I've gone insane 
These hidden wounds will stay open