arrrrrr am I seeing things how long have I been out I'm I dead or alive arrrrrrrr! Verse 1 They told you it was duty They told you you were needed They painted it in colours that never existed Sent you across the water to a place you never chose You were young You did not know the words were already broken before you heard them Verse 2 The jungle breathes and does not care Green turns to grey and then to something worse They gave you things to keep you awake Things to quiet the shaking in your hands Things that made the shadows have faces Things that made the trees look like reaching hands You could not tell what was enemy What was friend What was only inside your own head Chorus They tricked you into the fire They sent you far away from everything warm They fed you pills and fear And watched you change into something you did not recognise You came back with eyes that do not see the sky the same way Shoulders carrying ghosts that never leave Ghosts that walk beside you in every quiet room Bridge You did not start it You did not choose it They used you up like something disposable Gave you drugs so you would not feel the horror So you would not feel the human cost And when it was done They turned away Left you with pictures that move when you close your eyes Left you with nights that never end Verse 3 You see things in the corners no one else sees The shapes shift in the lamplight The ground still feels like it might explode You try to tell them They do not understand They only see the man who came back Not the boy who left Outro They used you They lied And the things you saw No one should ever have to carry Not alone Not forever
