Rise Against - Swing Life Away/Hero of War Live

Rise Against performing Swing Life Away and Hero of War live at the Manchester Apollo 19.11.09

Lyrics:

Am I loud and clear or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?

I'll show you mine if you show me yours first,
Let's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worse.
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words.

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand.

I've been here so long; think that its time to move.
The winter's so cold summer's over too soon.
so let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow.

I've got some friends, some that I hardly know.
But we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world.
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go.

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand.
Until you hold my hand.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours first,
Let's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worse.
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words.

We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand.
Until you hold my hand.

Swing life away,
Swing life away,
Swing life away,
Swing life away.

He said
"Son...Have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could."

Just carry this gun.
You'll even get paid."
I said
"That sounds pretty good.

Black leather boots
Spit shined so bright
They cut off my hair
But it looks alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me

I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends

They tookoff his clothes
They pissed in his hands
I told them to stop
But then I joined in
We beat him with guns
And batons not just once
But again and again

A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me

I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust

She walked
Through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So i lifted my gun
And i fired away

And the shells jumped
Through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed
With a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow

A hero of war
Is that what they see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me

And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it's a flag that I love
It's the only flag I trust

He said
"Son...Have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say
If I said that you could."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rise
• Againt
• Manchester
• Apollo
• 19.11.09
• Hero
• of
• War
• Swing
• Life
• Away
• Tim
• McIlrath
• Live
• 2009
• Thursday
• Poison
• the
• Well

[SaintJimmy007]

Awesome Gig Support Bands Sucked :P

[Ascensiion]

Thursday were good :) Just Poison the Well... every song sounded the same :P

[jacktilston]

Great Video Jack ! Best quality i'v seen so far. Whata awsome night!

[360STEEL]

definetly seeing them again!

[WWEFaNFilMs]

Thursday were alright

[whitechocandy]

Epic night.

[ANARCHY4ALL95]

What an awesome gig that was^^. well rise against anyway:P

[francesr11]

great vid, i was here but on the right side of the barrier.

apollo are dodgy about filming, so i didnt.. so thank you for filming! :D

[L0rDJB]

@CEmagicTV We fought for that view :')

[CEmagicTV]

jack u got well freakin close at the bon jovi concert u couldnt get to the front :P