Like a snap of the finger; it was just that quick,
The building had fallen, shattered, and melted under the heat,
We found a body who was covered in blood,
He kept trying to get up and look,
Lay down, lay down,
Lay down, marine, under the heat.

All our life, changing under the heat,
All our life, changing under the heat.

"Take your cameras and get out of here,"
"Forget it," said the C.O., "you're out of line,"
You're angry, I'm angry, they're angry,
Just do the job, under the heat,
We stopped to listen for voices, and then we'd dig with whatever we had,
Listen and dig, listen and dig,
Listen and dig, under the heat.

All our life, changing under the heat,
All our life, changing under the heat.

Reaching through this curtain of fear, my arms are stretched beyond their limit,
I take the heat from streaming tears, to bear the cold and walk out in it,
Walk out in it.

My plans for the future are a frozen picture that has fallen, and shattered, and melted under the heat.

All our life, changing under the heat,
All our life, changing under the heat,
All our life, changing under the heat,
Under the heat, under the heat,
Under the heat.