Back Home Is a Warzone

Boots by the door

Laces tied

But I don't leave

Coffee's gone cold

Scrolling names I still can't read

Kids in the hall

Laughing like a foreign tongue

Flag on the wall

Feels heavier than my gun

Back home is a warzone in my head

I still hit the floor when a car backfires

Every shadow's a scope

Every breath is a wire

I'm here

But a part of me is dead

Yeah

Back home is a warzone in my head

Sleep's just a screen

Where the past keeps breaking through

Sand in my teeth

Though I'm standing next to you

You say my name

Like you're calling from a well

I reach for your hand

But my fingers close on shell

Back home is a warzone in my head

I still hit the floor when a car backfires

Every shadow's a scope

Every breath is a wire

I'm here

But a part of me is dead

Yeah

Back home is a warzone in my head

I don't need medals

I need rest (yeah)

Someone to stand inside this mess

Tell me I'm more than what I saw

Help me come back through the shock and awe (oh-oh)

Back home is a warzone in my head

I still hit the floor when a door slams higher

Every heartbeat a count

Every sound tripwire

I'm here

Hold me close

Don't say it's all in my head

'Cause back home is a warzone

Back home is a warzone in my head