(Verse 1) We didn’t lose him in the battle We lost him in the aftermath The trenches that came from the flooding Of all that rolled along that path And it wasn’t in his choosing The life that he was loosing He tried so hard to hang on tight But cancer put up a hell of a fight (Chorus) And it hit us all like another wave The days move forward but we can’t escape Who is next and what’s to come? In the aftermath of the things we’d done If we knew then what we know now Maybe we’d have about-faced And run the hell out of town (Verse 2) I don’t wish to see my friends hurting In the mind or in the body anymore What a toll these days rolling past have cost For the ones we stood beside in war All those heroes we’ve fought and cried with, lost Leaving us to count up the heavy cost (Chorus) And it hit us all like another wave The days move forward but we can’t escape Who is next and what’s to come? In the aftermath of the things we’d done If we knew then what we know now Maybe we’d have about-faced And run the hell out of town (Bridge) If I could just take the place of anyone, I would I know they’d do it too, if they only could They weren’t a fallen hero in the way we knew But they still gave absolutely everything For me and for you (Outro) Yeah, they gave everything for me and you In the aftermath... We lost him in the aftermath
