Am I reading this right?

Oh, how many people died

In an attempt to re-open the secondary school?

The structure's been claimed, use this military base

Where once there were children only soldiers remain

And it takes ages for cities to be born

And only moments for them to be destroyed

Wishing you were at home asleep with your wife?

Hey 82nd Airborne how do you sleep at night?

Instead you're stationed here, blood on your hands

And no end in sight

And mother, dear mother, I miss you I love you

And father remember to always be strong

And friends, oh friends, your courage beside me

Has gotten me through so many sleep-less nights

And if I die and don't come home

Please hold back the 21 guns

'Cause I am not as much a hero

Their whole lives were spent here

Their mothers and fathers and friends all beside them

Their mothers and fathers and friends all beside them

Their mothers and fathers and friends all beside them

And they will die with them

And they will die with them

They will die with them

Now back on the homefront

A soldier cries

'Cause he thought that he fought

So his children would not

But now look where we are

Into 2004

A knock at the door claims

His firstborn son

Hey 82nd Airborne, how do you sleep at night?

Wishing you were at home asleep with your wife?

Instead you're stationed here, blood on your hands

With no end in sight

With no end in sight

With no end in sight