[Verse 1]
Posters peeling on the bedroom wall
Names and numbers I can’t pronounce
History class in a grainy clip
Kids all laughing
I’m the only one quiet
Maps and arrows
Red over blue
Teacher tracing someone’s fate in chalk
Open doorway in a black‑and‑white frame
Can’t shake the feeling I have walked that walk
[Chorus]
D‑Day in my head
Waves keep crashing in my chest
Shadows on the sand
Marching through my veins again
Hear the thunder overhead
But it’s only my heart in my neck
D‑Day in my head
And I can’t forget
I can’t forget (no, no)
[Verse 2]
Metal dog tag on a thrift‑store chain
Cold on my skin like a second spine
Flip through letters in a cardboard box
Ink bled out but the fear’s still alive
Someone’s brother in a borrowed coat
Smiling wide
Trying not to shake
I see flares in the stadium lights
Crowd goes wild
And I taste their ache
[Bridge]
If I was there
Would I run
Would I freeze?
Would I pray in the dark
For a face like me?
They were younger than I am
Carrying the world on their backs
Every freedom I waste
Sprang out of that crash
[Chorus]
D‑Day in my head
Waves keep crashing in my chest
Shadows on the sand
Marching through my veins again
Hear the thunder overhead
But it’s only my heart in my neck
D‑Day in my head
And I won’t forget
I won’t forget (never)