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Ethan Halo
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since 2000-04-28
Posts 793
on the roof again

0 posted 2001-01-15 05:45 PM


*the way of the gun*

the mirror has another face
there's a stranger in the way
in the air, there's a stench of sinful wrong.
we are in over our heads
so many 'round us lying dead
and the journey's just begun.

there screams a frightened pregnant girl;
handguns against the world;
our luck didn't change; our luck just ran out.
i hear footsteps in the hall,
got our backs against the wall,

we're livin life by the Way of the Gun
livin by the Way of the Gun
we're livin life by the Way of the Gun
we live by the gun

and there's tension in the air.
are we in control or runnin scared?
i can't close my eyes without letting a prayer slip.
we don't need your Redemption.
asked for Money, not for Heaven.
the kamikaze trip...

now the hammer's comin down
our villians all around
i see the world through shards of broken glass...
underneath the desert sun,
my shotgun rages on

we're livin life by the Way of the Gun
livin by the Way of the Gun
we're livin life by the Way of the Gun
we live by the gun

one life for a trigger squeezed...
tell me what you believe.
what will you tell God when it's all been said and done?
list our sins; we have no shame.
tell God that we were framed.
if we die, we die alone.

Whatever happened to my life?
Whatever happened to a wife, kids and happy end?
no more bullets left to spend,
no tears will e'er be shed,

we live by the gun
we live by the Gun
we're livin life by the Way of the Gun
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You don't hear much about guys who take their shot and miss...

[This message has been edited by Ethan_Halo (edited 01-15-2001).]

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Nate Dogg
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since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658
Georgia, Fulton
1 posted 2001-01-16 12:15 PM


Yep, we live by the way of the gun....and bad things can happen with a gun...this is a good piece Ethan...your words ring true!

Nathan

Ethan Halo
Senior Member
since 2000-04-28
Posts 793
on the roof again
2 posted 2001-01-16 03:52 AM


thanks nate.
i saw the movie and i was just inspired i guess...  

Everyone's got their demons.
We all got somethin' to atone for.

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
3 posted 2001-01-16 10:27 AM


First off.........NICE TO SEE YOU BACK!!!!!!  

Now on with the poem.  Simply superb my friend in bringing a message to us that needs to be heard and heeded to.  You have done well in doing so and now we can only hope for just one gun to be put down.

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