Shards Of Life lyrics

So when the smoke and the fire of anther attack slowly drift awayCan anyone seem to find the appropriate words to say?When the pain of loss and sudden change conjure family strifeIs there any hope at all for a return to normal life?Is there solace in condolence or just deeper pain dug up?The sad truth is victim's families have nothing to look forward toAnd I'm sick of picking up the Boston Globe and seeing painful days of lossQuestion everything without apology about the horror and the costShards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to findWith a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeatAnd hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcyCling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of lifeWe see a new war in the offing as we're challenged by a new plightIt's media handle is terrorism, it's the same old ideological fightThe debates will rage on, are we handling this thing right?Can't turn away reality, can't push it out of our mind's ey
eShards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to findWith a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeatAnd hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcyCling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life, of lifeAnd civilian loss on the other side, is that something that we try to hide?What about the human condition, I'm sick of all these justificationsWhere is the real outrage? My god, there's got to be a better wayIs this how we solve problems? I guess we haven't really evolved muchShards of life are left behind, no easier, kinder path to findWith a loss so bitter, so incomplete, with it hopes and plans crash in defeatAnd hope is a foggy and distant memory no hope for normalcyCling close to the legacy of loss and shards of lifeAnd cling close to the legacy of loss and shards of lifeCling close to the legacy of loss and shards of life