Close Window Reckoning (This song encompasses some of my thoughts on 9/11 and the current wars. It's told in three parts: looking at our choices and responsibilities as a nation, the choice made by a single soldier, and finally, my or your own personal choices on our day of reckoning.) We live in a time That with an hour of one day, the rest were defined In a country found on ideals We can't help but question the cost of our freedom Cause there are good men dying For comforts we all have taken for granted And though you try to deny The moment will come from the truth you can't hide When it's your day of reckoning To make you stand and be counted For what you'd choose to be used for And what you'd give to live a life that was free He signed up at 21 To take a tour of the world, let it's vastness unfurl And to serve his beloved nation Where the dream of the free is for all to believe He was sent to work in the depths of man Where day after day attacks took new lives away And when it seemed that hate might kill the dream He knew, no matter what's ahead To my brothers I'm committed to the end For on my day of reckoning I made my stand to be counted For what I'd choose to be used for And what I'd give to live a life that was free Only time will tell each stories end Of whether you'll be strong or will you bend For in each and every soul Exists the choices that define our lives Since that day my thoughts often turn To those who have died and the families left behind And I wonder what there is I can do To affect some change upon this land Is there the strength in this lone man And on my day of reckoning Will I make my stand to be counted For what I'd choose to be used for And what I'd give to live a life that was free What would you give to live a life that was free Kiyoshi Graves ©2006 Hideko Music Close Window