[Verse]
Eighteen summers gone like a breeze
Heart feels empty like the autumn trees
I paint my days with distraction’s hue
Anything to keep from thinking of you
Dust on my boots but no dust in my soul
Chasing shadows to fill the hole
I pack my bag with a shaky hand
Looking for purpose
A place to stand
[Prechorus]
The sky calls loud
The ground stands still
My heartbeat’s quiet
But I’ve got the will
[Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
I march away
Trying to outrun the pain each day
Hollow
Hollow
I can’t stay
The army keeps my mind at bay
[Verse 2]
Drill sergeant’s voice
A new kind of sound
But it’s better than the silence I’ve found
I scrub the floor
I lift
I run
Under the blistering desert sun
Mail comes in
I don’t read a line
Afraid it’ll drag me back through time
My old room’s ghosts won’t leave me be
So I fight this war inside of me