Carbon Leaf - War Was In Color

Vid for Carbon Leaf's "War Was In Color"

Lyrics:

I see you've found a box of my things -
Infantries, tanks and smoldering airplane wings.
These old pictures are cool. Tell me some stories
Was it like the old war movies?
Sit down son. Let me fill you in

Where to begin? Let's start with the end
This black and white photo don't capture the skin
From the flash of a gun to a soldier who's done
Trust me grandson
The war was in color

From shipyard to sea, From factory to sky
From rivet to rifle, from boot camp to battle cry
I wore the mask up high on a daylight run
That held my face in its clammy hand
Crawled over coconut logs and
corpses in the coral sand

Where to begin? Let's start with the end
This black and white photo don't capture the skin
From the shock of a shell or the memory of smell
If red is for Hell
The war was in color

I held the canvas bag over the railing
The dead released, with the ship still sailing,
Out of our hands and into the swallowing sea
I felt the crossfire stitching up soldiers
Into a blanket of dead, and as the night grows colder
In a window back home, a Blue
Star is traded for Gold.

Where to begin? Let's start with the end
This black and white photo don't capture the skin
When metal is churned. And bodies are burned
Victory earned
The War was in color

Now I lay in my grave at age 21
Long before you were born
Before I bore a son
What good did it do?
Well hopefully for you
A world without war
A life full of color

Where to begin? Let's start with the end
This black and white photo never captured my skin
Once it was torn from an enemy thorn
Straight through the core
The war was in color

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Carbon
• Leaf
• War
• Color

[johnl4]

These guys can write some lyrics.

[sarahjeanbeans]

I am no fan of the current conflicts, but I love our armed forces and

this is a day we need to recognize their sacrifice.

oh and i love carbon leaf.

[BeUnotATVrobot]

did you hear what he said, he fought and there was color so we could have a life full of color

[lawsonmahoney]

Happy veteran's Day! Thank you to all of you for your service!

[ImperialistRunningDo]

Thanks to all vets out there. I owe you all more than I could possibly say.

[Tamtatickal]

@webted100

This might have been a little more meaningful if you had correct spelling on at least every other word

[Tamtatickal]

Thank you vets. You do more for us than we can even comprehend. Happy Veteran's Day.

[allaplgies]

Love using this in my class.

[MiningGraff]

@webted100 I would be surprised if anyone actually believed that. If they did, I'd fully say that they are, in fact, idiots.

[webted100]

Every-one belives that the war was in black and white and that war is just a game like the call of duty seiries but the truth is you cant '' re-pawn" in war lives were lost this song reminds me of my paitrism for the United States the war was in color

[ribby99]

@obviousahole "crawled over coca-nut logs and corpses in the coral sand" It's about ww2