Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Dust on the Chevy
Boots by the door
Mama wiping hands on a dish towel
Staring at the floor
Recruiter pen on the counter
Map spread wide
"Son
There’s more than county lines"
And he believed that lie
Friday night lights
He walked past the field
Backpack heavier than the things he’d never healed
Dad’s old dog tags in his fist
Pressed like prayer
He kissed that gravel driveway
And vanished in the air
[Pre-Chorus]
Barbed wire sunrise
Burning in his eyes
He swore
"I'll come back stronger"
But fate was standing by
[Chorus]
Dog tags in the rearview
Small town in the dust
Swapped a hand-me-down future
For a flag and a gun and trust
Built a home on shifting sand
Then the tide rolled over his name
Dog tags in the rearview
And nobody’s left to explain
[Verse 2]
Met her in a bar near the base
Jukebox low
Laugh like a storm and a scar he didn’t show
They made vows in a rented hall
Cheap white lights
Baby crib in the bedroom
Orders framed in the night
Suitcase open on the bed
Shirts folded tight
Her eyes on the calendar
Red-marked flight
She said
"They need you more than we do
That’s what you chose"
Left a note on the kitchen table
With his ring and his clothes
[Pre-Chorus]
Gunmetal sunrise
Billets and goodbyes
He walked aboard in silence
While something in him died
[Chorus]
Dog tags in the rearview
Family in the rain
Watched a taillight memory
Pull away from his last chance at sane
Built a home on shifting sand
Then the tide rolled over his name
Dog tags in the rearview
And nobody’s left to explain
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Sand in his teeth
Pictures in his vest
Kids he barely knew
Pressed against his chest
Letters coming slower
Then they stopped one day
He stared at the empty mail call
And laughed it all away
[whispered vocals]
"Tell the boys I tried"
[crescendo]
Flash in the sky
Shockwave in his bones
He hit the ground thinking
"I never made it home"
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]
Dog tags in the rearview
Style
metalmodern heavy metal ballad: clean-to-gritty male vocals over drop-tuned guitars. verses start on palm-muted chugs and tom-heavy drumsopening into big open chords and overhead cymbals in the chorus. pre-chorus climbs with melodic lead guitar; bridge hits half-time with layered harmoniesthen a soaring solo into a finalshouted hook.
Prompt
Small town guy joins the military and leaves home he builds a family of his own and the wife left with the kids before deployment and on deployment he lost his life, metal
Credits
Prompt byBen_Stoops
GeneratedJan 5, 2026
ModelAria v5
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