[Intro] [Verse] Yeah… I made it out… But it followed me back… [Verse 1] I left the battlefield, but it never left me Echoes in the silence when the room gets empty Crowded full of faces but I’m still alone Fake smiles everywhere, hearts carved from stone They say “you’re safe now,” like that’s supposed to heal But they ain’t seen the things that I still feel They ain’t walked the dark where the demons stay So they don’t understand why I can’t just “be okay” Got blood in the back of my mind on repeat Names that I whisper that never got to leave Every memory cut like it’s fresh, not gone I survived that war—but I brought it home [Pre-Chorus] They see the body, they miss the scars Don’t hear the screams behind these bars Ask me why I ain’t the same no more War don’t end—it just shifts the war [Chorus] There’s a war I brought home, it don’t let me sleep Got a darkness inside that cut too deep World keep movin’, don’t see defeat While I’m stuck on a field made of memory I scream in silence, I’m beggin’ for peace But the ghosts in my head never seem to leave Drownin’ in a fight they’ll never see The war I brought home… still killin’ me [Verse 2] Every sound like a shot, got me on edge Every shadow sayin’ “they ain’t done yet” Try to breathe but my chest cave in Like the past dig claws through my skin again They say “be strong,” don’t fall apart But strength feel fragile in a broken heart Hope real thin like a flickerin’ light In a world that expect me to be alright Call me distant, cold, detached, numb But they ain’t stood where I’m comin’ from If they saw life through these bloodshot eyes They’d know why I’m barely alive [Pre-Chorus] They don’t feel the weight I carry inside Don’t see the war I’m tryin’ to hide Every step feel like I’m walkin’ alone In a war zone I still call home [Chorus] There’s a war I brought home, it don’t let me sleep Got a darkness inside that cut too deep World keep movin’, don’t see defeat While I’m stuck on a field made of memory I scream in silence, I’m beggin’ for peace But the ghosts in my head never seem to leave Drownin’ in a fight they’ll never see The war I brought home… still killin’ me [Bridge] (half-time, emotional delivery) Some nights the dark feel endless, wide Like I’m screamin’ out into a hollow sky Lookin’ for a reason, a spark, a sign That I’m meant to survive this fractured mind So I hold on—just one more breath One more step on the edge of death ‘Cause deep in the pain where the pieces remain There’s a voice that’s still callin’ my name [Breakdown] (minimal beat, spoken/low delivery) I am not weak… I am not gone… I am still here… Still holdin’ on… [Final Verse / Chorus Hybrid] There’s a war I brought home, it still fights inside But I’m learnin’ to stand in the burnin’ light Yeah the darkness still whisper my name But I refuse to let it dig my grave Reach through the pain, through the fear, through the scars Through the nights I ain’t think I’d get this far Holdin’ on to the truth, even shattered and small Even broken souls still deserve it allI survived that war… Now I’m learnin’ to survive myself…
