before the war i had a life before the war i had a wife before the bullets fell like rain before i suffered never ending pain before the war it all seemed bright before the war much love and light before i was a puppet before i k**ed for profit before someone like me became my enemy now here I stand in my despair bombs and bullets everywhere the wrongs i've loved they've left me bare these four walls how cold their stare before the war, before the war my life has but two stages before and after the war