If feels good to live after death. It feels good to not be dead. It feels so good to find myself alive and flying home. The music plays in my ears and I float further and further away from war. Fucking Baghdad.

Michael Hastings
About This Quote

The song lyrics in this quote are based on the same idea. The author is saying that when he was in Iraq, he began to realize that his life had meaning. He was able to find himself alive and flying home. He also felt the power of the music in his ears.

Source: I Lost My Love In Baghdad: A Modern War Story

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