I debated about posting this, because it's intense. Maybe the most poignant anti-war song ever. TRIGGER WARNING.

[LuckyCharms]

"Hell Broke Luce" by Tom Waits.

Purported to be a song about Jeff Lucey, a veteran with PTSD who died of suicide.

If Trump ever goes to prison, they should play this for him on a continuous loop 24/7.

This may trigger some emotions. If you are a combat vet, or family or friends of a vet, you might want to skip this. Otherwise, this song will bring the rage you are feeling right now to the forefront.

I had a good home but I left
I had a good home but I left, right, left
That big fucking bomb made me deaf, deaf
A Humvee mechanic put his Kevlar on wrong
I guarantee you'll meet up with a suicide bomb
Hell broke Luce
Hell broke Luce

Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin' in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
Left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke Luce
Hell broke Luce
Hell broke Luce

How is it that the only ones responsible for making this mess
Got their sorry asses stapled to a goddamn desk
Hell broke Luce
Hell broke Luce
Left, right, left

What did you do before the war?
I was a chef, I was a chef
What was your name?
It was Jeff, Jeff
I lost my buddy and I wept, wept
I come down from the meth
So I slept, slept
I had a good home but I left, left

Pantsed at the wind for a joke
I pranced right in with the dope
Glanced at her shin she said nope
Left, right, left

Nimrod Bodfish have you any wool
Get me another body bag, the body bag's full
My face was scorched, scorched
I miss my home I miss my porch, porch
Left, right, left

Can I go home in March? March
My stanch was a chin full of soap
That rancid dinner with the Pope
Left, right, left

Kelly Presutto got his thumbs blown off
Sergio's developing a real bad cough
Sergio's developing a real bad cough
And hell broke luce
Hell broke Luce
Hell broke Luce

Boom went his head away
And boom went Valerie huh
What the hell was it that the president said?
Give him a beautiful parade instead
Left, right, left

When I was over here I never got to vote
I left my arm in my coat
My mom she died and never wrote
We sat by the fire and ate a goat
Just before he died he had a toke
Now I'm home and I'm blind
And I'm broke
What is next

[Wild blueberry]

1. Powerful

Heartbreaking.
Thank you for posting it.

[2naSalit]

2. I agree with you!

And the song.

[JoeOtterbein]

3. K n R with....

....tears.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. ding. this .

[BeneteauBum]

5. Intense

Peace ☮️

[thought crime]

6. Simply incredible. Thank you!

[Tikki]

7. Another..speak to reality

"Dead Heroes". RED ROCKERS New Orleans, LA. (1981)

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Dead heroes, I see them lying in the grave
Dead heroes, I hear them calling out my name
Dead heroes, I gotta fight for the cause
Dead heroes for the red white and blue!
What does it take for us to win?; Dead heroes on the news at ten.; I'll fight for a better way
To be a dead hero for the U.S.A
I’ve got, I've got to be free
These kids will never see twenty.; I've got to get my name on the list
I've to die, like all the rest
Dead heroes! That's the price you pay; Dead heroes! For the U.S.A.; Dead heroes! There's a better way; Dead heroes! For the U.S.A
We've gotta fight - I don't know why; We've gotta die - tell me why; I've got to kill - that's the American way
1,000 miles of endless screams, where all the dead heroes lay; I've got the choice to set my knife, I've got the courage to set my life; I've got the day I'll pick to die.
Gotta hate someone, I don't know why; I'll fight for a better way, be a dead hero for the U.S.A

Tikki