[Verse]
Boots caked in mud dusted by regret
The sun dips low but it won't let me forget
Shadows long stretched across my mind
Every face I see the ghosts rewind
[Chorus]
Behind this hollow smile a story bleeds
A patchwork heart stitched with broken needs
I fought for the flag I fought for the land
But who fights for the man with trembling hands
[Verse 2]
Whiskey burns like the things I can't say
The mirror don't lie it steals my face away
A loner in a crowd laughing too loud
Hiding the cracks behind this shroud
[Prechorus]
Every laugh a lie
Every tear run dry
[Chorus]
Behind this hollow smile a story bleeds
A patchwork heart stitched with broken needs
I fought for the flag I fought for the land
But who fights for the man with trembling hands
[Bridge]
Gunpowder dreams and screams in the night
A rifle's weight a devil's bite
The man I was ain't the man you see
He's buried deep where no one can reach me