We became the parade On the streets that we once cleaned Expendable soldiers smiling at anything Raised on a feeling Our lives would have meaning Eventually We were once the answer, and then you discover You're actually just one thing after another And what was the question Why was the lesson So deafening This is all that matters now And that was all that happened Anyhow You can look back but don't stare Maybe I can love you Out of there And when I went away What I forgot to say Was all that I have to say Eight letters, three words, one meaning And outside forces didn't make it easy So I thought I'd go before you leave me Self preservation was no explanation For anything But the truth is more than we'll Ever comprehend I've just started to understand my friend All of that distance Because I fell in love with The enemy This is all that matters now And that was all that happened Anyhow You can look back but don't stare Maybe I can love you Out of there And when I went away What I forgot to say Was all that I have to say Eight letters, three words, one meaning And when I went away What I forgot to say Was all that I had to say Eight letters, three words, one meaning At last We meet on no man's land Footprints in the sand We meet on no man's land At last And when I went away What I forgot to say Was all that I had to say Eight letters, three words, one meaning And when I went away What I forgot to say Was all that I had to say Eight letters, three words, one meaning One meaning Just one meaning