Child Soldiers Lyrics

You know where I've been 'cause you've been there too

I can almost smell the place, it's all over you

And there's words in your mouth few others could say

The price of your truth was more than they could pay

There's no shame in being wounded

No crime in being scarred

You're not the sole survivor

Child soldiers is what we are

Your childhood was dead on arrival

A kindergarten crash course in survival

Given so many toys to buy your silence

You were the real plaything under threat of violence

There's no shame in being wounded

No crime in being scarred

You're not the sole survivor

Child soldiers is what we are

The road to where you are was twisted and so long

You grew up broken, but you grew up strong

Now embrace who you really are

You might have limped here, but you've come so very far

There's no shame in being wounded

No crime in being scarred

You're not the sole survivor

Child soldiers is what we are