It's A War In There - Dar Williams

Well, you have been kind and I know it seems hopeless 
You smooth the ground, tear the knots all apart 
You're helping me move from the inside to the outside 
You're trying so hard and I can't even start 

It's a war in there 
It's a war in there 

And you peacemakers go to the same place as soldiers 
If you wanna make peace, well, you gotta find the pain 
You bring your words, but you're just like them, you're unprepared 
'Cause you don't know the terrain 

It's a war in there 
It's a war in there 

And don't you know I'll never give you a medal 
Laid back on state-side, in the central time zone 
The one that they pinned to the outside, to the outside 
And it leads you all the way home 

It's a war in there 
It's a war in there 

You can hold me now 
You can hold me now.