Five For Fighting - Blood On My Hands Lyrics

Five For Fighting Lyrics

"Blood On My Hands"

Got blood on my hands
Got blood on my hands
And I don't understand
What's happening

There's blood on these hands
And still American's
Left to the Taliban
Now how's that happening?

Winkin' Blinken
Can't you look me in the eyes
Willy Milley
Tell me when did you decide
This we'll defend
Your sacred motto
Now means... never mind

Hands

Got blood on my hands
Got blood on my hands
Flag of the Taliban
Over Afghanistan

General Austin is there no honor in shame?
Can you spell Bagram without the letters in blame?
Did Uncle Joe stick a drip in your veins?

Hands

I can't hear her scream if she's not, she's not
She's not on TV

I can't hear him scream if he's not, he's not
He's not on TV

To every Afghan ally that we left behind
Every child who won't know freedom
Faces covered and blind
As for this American promise
Now... shit in the Fire

Hands

Got blood on our hands
Hey Joe, just one American
Asking what's happening

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Writer(s): Ross Copperman, Micah Wilshire

"Blood On My Hands" was inspired by the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. John Ondrasik explained on the 13th of September, 2021, "Like all Americans, I was stunned and horrified at the images of falling bodies from planes, mothers handing babies over walls, and terrified Afghans being crushed to death at checkpoints due to our precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. [...] On the day 13 of our soldiers and over 60 Afghans were killed by a suicide bomber I sat down to write this song."

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