When Bradley moved back from western Wales
His Okie accent still wouldnât fail
Sleeping in his pickup truck, his Soul wouldnât calm
He wrote to his mother, âIâm nobody now, Momâ
Itâs hard to imaging why bullies dig
But Bradley understood it came with the gig
He wanted an education with all his will
So he walked in and signed up to get that GI bill
âI wantâ¦â
Today, those who got up in Bradleyâs face
Wish to remain anonymous, in their disgrace
They spread rumors around he wet himself scared
Even if thatâs true, I donât really care
âRecycledâ from Iraq and stationed at Fort Drum
His boyfriend introduced him to Triskelion
He met the hacktivists at MIT
âRandomly hung out with some pikansâ; âAt last, people like meâ
âI wantâ¦â
Deployed to Base Hammer, near Iran
Built from freight containers and sheer boredom
The bullies on the base went in for the kill
They said, âWe have a saying here: Shit rolls downhillâ
On leave in Boston, but his boyfriend had flown
Bradley wrote him on Facebook: âI have no real homeâ
And before the Builds launch party, he went on to vent:
âBradley Manning is not a piece of equipmentâ
âI wantâ¦â
While passwords are written on sticky notes
And stuck to laptop screens, Bradley explodes
Found in a storeroom stabbing a chair
Bradley carved, âI wantâ¦â with a passion thatâs all-too rare
Now heâs due to be court-martialed this December
To prove bullying is better than a wild temper
Now, when we say âI wantâ, we invoke his chair
Bradley, know you have friends, though youâre locked in there
âI wantâ¦â
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- Humor Risk (Bonus Track Version)
- Paste mPlayer #19
- The Same Thing
- Robin Egg Blue
- Love Thine Enemy
- Rolling Stone: New Noises, Volume 118: Heimliche Hits
- PREfection
- Breathe This Air
- Snapshot: A Domino Compilation
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