I learned what I know, but I was born this way I'm more of a number and less of a name I talk a little too quiet and not enough face same I only tell my secrets when it's time to pray You wouldn't see the war just looking from the outside I've got red dirt blood here running on the inside Sink or swim, live or die, the same embrace and a blue sky All alone and unafraid, it's never just another day And you don't back down or walk away But I know, I do, I am What it takes What it takes Wash away my footprints with the undertow While I walk the wire of the great unknown I've got two parts to my storied soul One stands with my brothers, one waits for me back at home Sink or swim, live or die, the same embrace and a blue sky All alone and unafraid, it's never just another day And you don't back down or walk away But I know, I do, I am What it takes You wouldn't see the war just looking from the outside I've got red dirt blood here running on the inside Sink or swim, live or die, the same embrace and a blue sky All alone and unafraid, it's never just another day And you don't back down or walk away But I know, I do, I am What it takes Oh, what it takes What it takes