War In My Sleep

Verse 1] Dark in the room—something moves, Shadows shifting without a sound. Moonlight flickers down the hall, Like it’s pulling everything around. Boots on the floor where the shadows crawl, Every night’s another fight I lose, To faces I can’t unsee or choose. Gunfire echoes in the walls, They whisper orders—I still hear calls. The war’s long over—they said I’m free… But the dead came home with me. [Pre-Chorus] I feel their breath on the back of my neck, Sayin’ “soldier, you ain’t done yet.” [Chorus] I fight a war in my sleep, The demons come, the angels weep. I’m awake but I can’t scream, Drowning inside my dreams. The shadows press down on me, Cold hands, no mercy. I fight a war in my sleep— And the dead won’t leave. [Verse 2] Whiskey burns just to buy some peace, But silence never signs the cease. I see their faces—blood and sand, Every ghost still holds my hand. The walls breathe smoke, the sirens moan, My heartbeat hits like a dial tone. They tell me “rest” but they don’t know— My bed’s a foxhole down below. [Pre-Chorus] They sit on my chest, eyes like flame, Hissing “you came back, but not the same.” [Chorus] I fight a war in my sleep, The shadows crawl, the memories seep. I’m awake but I can’t move, Every breath’s another wound. I fight a war in my sleep— And the demons don’t leave. 🧠 [Bridge / Breakdown] I see them standing by the door, Names I carved into the war. They’re calling me to join the fight, Where there’s no wrong—and no more right. Hands like lead—I can’t break through, They pull me down—they pull me too. A thousand eyes beneath the bed, A thousand screams inside my head. I try to wake, but I’m still there, Caught between the smoke and prayer. My body sleeps—my soul retreats, To where the shadows never sleep. “You brought us home… you brought us home…” [Final Chorus] I fight a war in my sleep, No peace, no light, no relief. Every night, they take their turn, And I wake up just to burn. The shadows breathe, the angels weep, The dead still march—I’m buried deep. I fight a war in my sleep— And the demons don’t leave. [Outro] “Rest easy, soldier…” “You can’t.”