Godspeed Lyrics - Lonely Road - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

It's January 1970, do you remember me? 

You put me on a boat across the sea in the name of victory 

But much to my surprise when I arrived 

There was no welcoming committee 

Instead there was a man for me to kill 

And now I see how this is all too real 

Then I saw him standing with a bayonet 

And as I ran toward him he hardly broke a sweat 

When I took his life he fell to his knees 

And as his eyes began to fade he whispered softly 

Godspeed this letter away from here 

I've sealed it with my tears and stamped it with my fist 

And Godspeed this letter away from you 

My work down here is through 

I'm on my way to better days and so are you 

And in his pocket there I saw the picture of his children and his family 

And I began to realize this person I despised 

In actuality was not much different from myself 

We probably could have taught each other many things 

And now I know it's much too late, although I couldn't hesitate 

I checked his gun and his chamber was empty 

Then I saw him standing with a bayonet 

And as I ran towards him he hardly broke a sweat 

When I took his life he fell to his knees 

And as his eyes began to fade he whispered softly 

Godspeed this letter away from here 

I've sealed it with my tears and stamped it with my fist 

And Godspeed this letter away from you 

My work down here is through 

I'm on my way to better days and so are you 

Ohh, we know not what we've done 

And, ohh, we know not what we've done 

Godspeed this letter away from here 

I've sealed it with my tears and stamped it with my fist 

And Godspeed this letter away from you 

My work down here is through 

I'm on my way to better days and so are you