It's the sound that hits it home We're reaching farther away We used to hold this life alone We never aspired to be A little fall will mess you up I've got my eyes on site A promise sewn beneath my lips The missle clouds in the sky The kid's getting low and he's fading Lock and load Bullet's spraing clean and we're bracing For hard times to come And there's no waiting And it's down to you Shrapnel skin over naked bone The bomb's far and away United armies giving up They made the same mistake Defying fate and suffering Riding the system to breathe Inside the soul of city streets Anxious to be redeemed The kid's getting low and he's fading Lock and load Bullet's spraing clean and we're bracing For hard times to come And there's no waiting And it's down to you