Risk of Coming Home

[Verse 1]
Boots in the desert sand
Too young to understand
Orders and open skies
Prayers in a midnight line
Dust on the family name
Flag patch and quiet shame
Calling my mom on base
Lying, "I'm okay"
[Pre-Chorus]
Every shadow knew my name
Every heartbeat sounded strange
I kept saying, "I'll be fine"
As I crossed another line
[Chorus]
I went to war and I came back broken
But I'm breathing, yeah, my heart's still open
All of the scars that I tried to hide
Paint my story red, blue, and white
I took the risk, and I paid that price
Now I'm holding on to this borrowed life
I fought for a flag, but I found much more
I found the strength
To come back from war
[Verse 2]
Sirens inside my head
Wake up in a stranger's bed
Walls closing in at night
Jumping at every light
Friends that I couldn't save
Names I could never say
Salute them in my sleep
Promise their watch I'll keep
[Pre-Chorus]
Therapy and trembling hands
Learning how to stand again
Telling what I never told
Letting all the secrets go
[Chorus]
I went to war and I came back broken
But I'm breathing, yeah, my heart's still open
All of the scars that I tried to hide
Paint my story red, blue, and white
I took the risk, and I paid that price
Now I'm holding on to this borrowed life
I fought for a flag, but I found much more
I found the strength
To come back from war
[Bridge]
Dad in the hallway, crying soft (hey)
Mom saying, "Son, you did enough"
Strangers are thanking me on the street
They don't see the nights I never sleep
But I'm learning to love this damaged mind
Step by step, leave the past behind
I would do it again, through the fear, through the pain
For the chance to stand here and say
[Chorus]
I went to war and I came back broken
But I'm breathing, yeah, my heart's still open
All of the scars that I tried to hide
Paint my story red, blue, and white
I took the risk, and I'd take it twice
If it meant that you could live your life
I fought for a flag, but I found much more
I found the strength
To come back from war (oh)
I found the strength
To come back from war

country, Bright, modern K‑pop ballad with male vocals; gentle piano and airy pads in the verses, then a lift into a mid‑tempo drum groove with warm synths and choral backing in the chorus. Subtle electric guitar swells add emotion, strings rise in the bridge. Dynamics swell from intimate confessional to triumphant, cathartic hook with stacked harmonies and ad‑lib lifts on the final chorus., k-pop