Return to War
Return to war, no choice of my own
Condemned to die, with this steel against bone
I watch the enemy from afar, my time has nearly come
No words left to say, no rhetoric good enough
Return to war, all the old demons resurrected
The nightmares come again, as real as in the day
Can't see the enemy, but their life in my hands
I am told not to have mercy, goes against everything I am
Return to war, I've been here before
The same grave, but a different corpse
The memories we bury, the flags at half-mast
I carve out the future while you glorify the past
Return to war, I never wanted to come back
In a silent moment, I reflect on the choice I had
More to kill for the dead, more graves for the living
A final prayer, a whispered goodbye, a kiss that still lingers
Return to war, we march into hell
Armed to the teeth, they condemn us to death
For God, for heaven, embroiled in bitter conflict
When the innocent are taken, there is no justice
Return to war, a different face this time
The same enemy, but it never changed, only mine
Old with dreams and sick of dying, I squint through the scope
No time to think - no time for remorse
Return to war, we still believe
That we fight for justice and liberty
We never ask the question, we are not trained to ask why
We are the soldiers of the grave, we live to die
Return to war, I think of what I've left behind
The love and the comfort, out here I can't find
We trust each other with our lives, for one we would die
But this is not the life I want to lead, not the place I want to be
Return to war, this fight shall go on
With blood in my mouth, I spit and move forward
If we win, we write the history texts
If we lose, we are forgotten, buried and left for dead
Return to war, I don't want to die again
Don't want to return to the same grave
The flags and the flowers, in death they mean nothing
The blood and the guns, in hell they are the only things that are real
Return to war, I grip my gun harder
Return to war, I close my eyes and charge
Return to war, we charge the gates of hell
Return to war, we die a righteous death
Daddy's home, baby.