On Your Honor - Amy Ray

*graphic content warning* Okay it's not the worst you'll ever see on YouTube by any means, but I figured I'd better give people a heads up on it anyway.

A letter written by the last person pictured in the video (increase the magnification to 75% to read it better):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17971973/site/newsweek/


Amy Ray on...

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Lyrics:

Now I have a picture
Fist in the air
I'm standing behind you
Now I am still here

Mining your body
The scene of a crime
Did they do you one more favor
Killing your blood line

Yeah
Well I'm here to relieve
The ones that fought for you
And fought for me

Yeah
I want to relate
Put away your hate
Put away your hate

Breath of the nightjar
Stars in the sky
A killer for comfort
I'm not gonna lie to you

Paid off the piper
With a government gun
Whoever you came for
Left all alone

Yeah
Well I'm here to relieve
The ones that fought for you
And fought for me

Yeah
I want to relate
Now put away your hate
Put away your hate

Our father's house is a house of regret
Rooms I can't sleep in
Jokes I don't get

You're on your honor to be on my side I said
Surely there are some things that won't be denied

Yeah
But I'm here to relieve
The ones that fought for you
And fought for me

I said yeah
I want to relate
Now put away your hate
Put away your hate

I said yeah
I'm here to relieve
The ones that fought for you
And fought for me

I said yeah
I want to relate
Put away your hate
Put away your hate

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[emilykul]

very powerful. it's important that more people see this and we keep it fresh in our minds. it's definitely not something we see everyday, but it affects all of us, some of us more close to home than others. a great editing job and the song and words very powerful. i'll be sure to share it with my friends.

[hiddenfall]

Thanks :) Yeah there's such an alarming disconnect between posturing over the war and the realities of it. Even more alarming is public apathy. My brother just got back from serving a year in Iraq, but some never made it. Some came back to families that collapsed under the strain of mom/dad being gone for a year.

There are all these unsung prices being payed and for what? It's such an important question to for us as a country right now, it's nice to know that not everybody shies away from it.

[igamy]

Very moving.

thanks, amy ray

[hiddenfall]

TY!!! :^)

[GimmeAbook]

Very nice editing! I loved your timing. I look forward to seeing more.

[hiddenfall]

Thank You :-)

[fish1021]

This video is enough to bring you to tears! How sad so many precious lives lost! We will pull out and nothing will change, all will go back to the way it was before Bush sent our troops their. Lives lost in vain and the ones that live will never be the same!

[todvball]

gulp. wow. Nice song, Amy.

[hiddenfall]

Thanks!