[Verse 1]
Government walls thicker than a bunker of steel,
Paper stacks higher than the lies they conceal.
Filed my claim in '03, it’s twenty-twenty-three,
Still no check—what’s next, eternity?
VA hotline, a loop of hold tones,
Robots talking, can’t reach human bones.
My patience thinner than the ice in July,
Got me screaming at the sky, "Why, oh why?"
[Prechorus]
Forms on forms, it’s a bureaucratic maze,
Filing claims feels like counting endless days.
[Chorus]
Red tape blues, I’m drowning in the queue,
Fighting for my dues, but they treat me like who?
Red tape blues, stuck in VA purgatory,
My benefits a ghost, just a bedtime story.
[Verse 2]
I fought wars for a country that don’t fight for me,
Promised a hero’s welcome, got apathy.
Stuck in limbo, like I’m Dante’s plus-one,
VA moving slower than molasses in the sun.
Depressed, but I’m laughing, call it coping on the edge,
Life’s a cruel comedian, pushing me off the ledge.
I’m a war vet ghost, invisible man,
Begging Uncle Sam for the bread in my hand.