"I'm a fire team leader at the time, trying to get my Marines to cover, so we can at least get out of the kill zone and be able to return fire and survive this.
One of my very good friends, Paul, winds up getting
shot and he's bleeding out there and we're trying to get a medevac, but we can't.
So we're doing the best we can, but he's bleeding out and he's dying.
And that was the first point for me in my young life where everything became extremely personal.
I didn't think about it at the time, I didn't have time to grieve what was going on, and Paul died.
And we all missed him. I missed him terribly."
I have so much more to say, my brother. Can you hear me
A fool is left to live as the brave ones fall
I swear if I were able I would have done the same for you
But now you're gone and I wish I were too
I spend all my time asking questions
How can I pay you back when the price you paid was so high
So high, my friend
If I were King of all I imagine
I would trade all I am to have you by my side
If I were King
I have too much time today, my brother. Can you hear me
I know where I am, but I still feel lost
Please know that I am grateful for the years you gave to me
Everything's changed but nothing changes for you
I won't waste my life asking questions
I've seen the horror of war and there's so much more for a man who's been where I've been
If I were King of all I imagine
I would trade what I have to have you back at my side
If I were King of all I imagine
We would both be back home living the rest of our lives
If I were King
If I were King
"And done some of the things that I did, to engage someone else in combat, may not be the most poetic thing in the world.
And some of the things that I did, I didn't feel I was real redeemable.
I feel like I should not have come home from Somalia or Kosovo in one piece. I have a lot of guilt.
I felt like I hadn't done enough, and maybe I would have done enough by not coming home alive."
If I were King of all I imagine
I would trade all I am to have you by my side
If I were King of all I imagine
We would both be back home living the rest of our lives
If I were King
One of my very good friends, Paul, winds up getting
shot and he's bleeding out there and we're trying to get a medevac, but we can't.
So we're doing the best we can, but he's bleeding out and he's dying.
And that was the first point for me in my young life where everything became extremely personal.
I didn't think about it at the time, I didn't have time to grieve what was going on, and Paul died.
And we all missed him. I missed him terribly."
I have so much more to say, my brother. Can you hear me
A fool is left to live as the brave ones fall
I swear if I were able I would have done the same for you
But now you're gone and I wish I were too
I spend all my time asking questions
How can I pay you back when the price you paid was so high
So high, my friend
If I were King of all I imagine
I would trade all I am to have you by my side
If I were King
I have too much time today, my brother. Can you hear me
I know where I am, but I still feel lost
Please know that I am grateful for the years you gave to me
Everything's changed but nothing changes for you
I won't waste my life asking questions
I've seen the horror of war and there's so much more for a man who's been where I've been
If I were King of all I imagine
I would trade what I have to have you back at my side
If I were King of all I imagine
We would both be back home living the rest of our lives
If I were King
If I were King
"And done some of the things that I did, to engage someone else in combat, may not be the most poetic thing in the world.
And some of the things that I did, I didn't feel I was real redeemable.
I feel like I should not have come home from Somalia or Kosovo in one piece. I have a lot of guilt.
I felt like I hadn't done enough, and maybe I would have done enough by not coming home alive."
If I were King of all I imagine
I would trade all I am to have you by my side
If I were King of all I imagine
We would both be back home living the rest of our lives
If I were King