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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dexter Holland
Guitar
Josh Freese
Drums
Greg Kriesel
Bass
Kevin Wasserman
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dexter Holland
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Rock
Producer
Eric Helmkamp
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I am the one
Camouflage and guns
Risk my life to keep my people from harm
[Verse 2]
Authority
Vested in me
I sacrifice with my brothers in arms
[PreChorus]
Through this doorway, what's on the other side?
Never knowing exactly what I'll find
Locked and loaded, voices screaming, "Let's go!"
Come on do it! Here we go
[Chorus]
(Go-oh-oh) I'll take a life, that others may live
Oh, that's just the way it goes
(Go-oh-oh) I'll shut my eyes, it hammers in my head
Where it'll end, nobody knows
(Oh-oh-oh) I'll take a life, ten others may live
Oh, that's just the way it goes
(Go-oh-oh) It's playing over and over in my head
Where it'll end, nobody knows
[Verse 3]
Stay the course
Reasonable force
I believe I serve a greater good
[Verse 4]
Smoke and dust
Enemies are crushed
Nothing left where a man once stood
[PreChorus]
Through this doorway, what's on the other side?
Never knowing exactly what I'll find
Locked and loaded, voices screaming, "Let's go!"
And I'm just doing what I'm told
[Chorus]
(Oh-oh-oh) I'll take a life, that others may live
Oh, that's just the way it goes
(Go-oh-oh) I'll shut my eyes, it hammers in my head
Where it'll end, nobody knows
(Oh-oh-oh) I'll take his life, ten others may live
Oh, that's just the way it goes
(Go-oh-oh) It's playing over and over in my head
Where it begins and where it'll end, nobody knows
[Verse 5]
And go!
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Bang, bang, it hammers in my head!
Bang, bang, it hammers in my head!
Bang, bang, it hammers in my head! In my head! In my head!
[Verse 6]
Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I'll fear no evil, for Thou art with me
Locked and loaded, gonna find my truth now
I'm busting through, all hell breaks loose, and
[Verse 7]
And you can all hide behind your desks now
And you can cry, "Teacher, come help me!"
Through you all, my aim is true!
Whoa!
[Outro]
My aim is true!
My aim is true!
Written by: Bryan Keith Holland, Greg Kriesel, Kevin Wasserman, Pete Parada