Bon Jovi - Unbroken ft. The Invictus Games Choir

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“Unbroken” Feat. The Invictus Games Choir

Music and Lyrics By: Jon Bon Jovi

Directed by Alex Horwitz

Produced by Grasshopper Films

The Invictus Games Choir, which is managed and delivered by Help for Heroes, is made up of wounded, injured and sick veterans and serving personnel from all branches and different ranks of the UK Armed Forces, who come together and use the power of music to aid their recovery.

The Invictus Games Foundation is the international charity that oversees the development of the Invictus Games, an international adaptive multi-sport event in which wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and veterans participate. It celebrates the power of sport in recovery and how it can help, physically or psychologically, those suffering from injuries or illness. The Duke, Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, founded the Invictus Games with the first event taking part in London in 2014. Since then, the Games have been held three other times – in Orlando (2016), Toronto (2017) and Sydney (2018). The fifth Invictus Games, which was due to take place in The Hague in May this year, has been postponed until May/June 2021.

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I WAS BORN TO BE OF SERVICE

BASIC TRAINING JUST FELT LIKE HOME

I HAD HONOR I FOUND PURPOSE

SIR YES SIR THAT’S WHAT I KNOW

THEY SENT US TO A PLACE

I NEVER HEARD OF WEEKS BEFORE

WHEN YOU’RE 19 IT AIN’T HARD TO SLEEP

IN THE DESERT ON GOD’S FLOOR

CLOSE YOUR EYES STOP COUNTING SHEEP

YOU AIN’T IN BASIC ANY MORE

WE WERE TAUGHT TO SHOOT OUR RIFLES

MEN AND WOMEN SIDE BY SIDE

THOUGHT WE’D BE MET AS LIBERATORS

IN A THOUSAND YEAR OLD FIGHT

I GOT THIS PAINFUL RINGING IN MY EAR

FROM AN IED LAST NIGHT

BUT NO LEAD LINED HUMVEE WAR MACHINE

COULD SAVE MY SERGEANTS LIFE

3 MORE SOLDIERS 6 CIVILIANS

NEED THESE WORDS TO COME OUT RIGHT

GOD OF MERCY, GOD OF LIGHT

SAVE YOUR CHILDREN FROM THIS LIFE

HEAR THESE WORDS

THIS HUMBLE PLEA

FOR I HAVE SEEN THE SUFFERING

AND WITH THIS PRAYER I’M HOPING

THAT WE CAN BE UNBROKEN

IT’S 18 MONTHS NOW I’VE BEEN BACK NOW

WITH THIS MEDAL ON MY CHEST

BUT THERE ARE THINGS I CAN’T REMEMBER

AND THERE ARE THINGS I WON’T FORGET

I LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT WITH DREAMS THE DEVIL SHOULDN’T SEE

I WANT TO SCREAM BUT I CAN’T BREATHE

AND CHRIST I’M SWEATING THROUGH THESE SHEETS

WHERE’S MY BROTHERS

WHERE’S MY COUNTRY

WHERE’S MY HOW THINGS USED TO BE

GOD OF MERCY, GOD OF LIGHT

SAVE YOUR CHILDREN FROM THIS LIFE

HEAR THESE WORDS

THIS HUMBLE PLEA

FOR I HAVE SEEN THE SUFFERING

AND WITH THIS PRAYER I’M HOPING

THAT WE CAN BE UNBROKEN

MY SERVICE DOGS DONE MORE FOR ME

THAN THE MEDICATION WOULD

THERE AIN’T NO ANGEL THAT’S COMING TO SAVE ME

BUT EVEN IF THEY COULD

TODAY 22 WILL DIE FROM SUICIDE

JUST LIKE YESTERDAY THEY’RE GONE

I LIVE MY LIFE FOR EACH TOMORROW

SO THEIR MEMORIES WILL LIVE ON

ONCE WE WERE BOYS AND WE WERE STRANGERS

NOW WE’RE BROTHERS AND WE’RE MEN

SOMEDAY YOU’LL ASK ME WAS IT WORTH IT

TO BE OF SERVICE IN THE END

WELL THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE IS YEAH, I’D DO IT ALL AGAIN

Music video by Bon Jovi performing Unbroken. © 2020 Captain Kidd Corp., under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.