[Intro] [Verse 1] Boots in the mud, it swallows the sound No glory here, just hollow ground Letters from home folded in skin Like they might save me from where I've been Smoke on the wind, it carries their names Boys I knew… now ghosts in the rain I stopped counting somewhere past ten Now every face looks like "amen" [Pre-Chorus] We don’t talk about tomorrow We just load and follow orders [Chorus] We’re just dead men walking through the fire Breathing in the smoke of someone else’s war Every step is one step closer to the wire But we don’t know what we’re fighting for Dead men walking… nothing more [Verse 2] Dirt in my teeth, iron in my veins Can’t wash away what stays in the brain Night doesn’t sleep, it sharpens the fear Every sound says “death is near” A picture of you tucked in my vest Next to the hole they almost guessed If I go down, will I feel it end Or just fade out like all my friends [Pre-Chorus] We don’t pray for any glory Just to make it out the morning [Chorus] We’re just dead men walking through the fire Breathing in the smoke of someone else’s war Every step is one step closer to the wire But we don’t know what we’re fighting for Dead men walking… nothing more [Bridge] If I make it back, will I still be me? Or just what’s left of a memory? Tell my mother I held the line Even when I lost my mind [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] We’re just dead men walking through the fire Carrying the weight we can’t ignore Every breath feels like it’s borrowed wire And we don’t know what we’re dying for Dead men walking… Already gone before the war [Outro]
