[Verse 1]
Boots on the driveway
Flag on the porch
Sun in my eyes
Thought I left the fire
Back in the desert
Under dead skies
Welcome-home banner
Hangs like a question over my head
Mother’s hands shaking
While the TV counts the kids that bled
[Chorus]
War felt more like home than this
Guns in the halls
Prayers in the mist
You call this peace
But I can’t breathe
Every corner says I’ll never leave
War felt more like home than this
Sirens sing
And I still flinch
You call this free
But I just see
A battlefield where my heart should be
[Verse 2]
Walking past lockers
Bullet holes patched with bright paint
Candles on concrete
Names on the news
Halos of faint
Downtown on the corner
Camouflage coat sleeps in the rain
Brothers in boxes
Brothers on benches
Drowning in shame
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I carried my rifle
Now I carry this blame
You gave me a medal
But you won’t say my name
Classrooms turned killing floors
Church pews stained with fear
I traded one war for more
And I’m still deployed right here
[Chorus]