

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] I relive that day Every second of that moment Why did it play out that way How could I have changed that event I see that sand, that smoke Every night when I close my eyes I still see you fall Like it happened just today [Chorus] Why did I come home? Why did you die? I hear your name in every Flag that flies It should've been me Yeah, I swear sometimes You should've lived I should've stayed behind Tell me, brother Why did I come home alive? [Verse 2] I sit in the dark each night Deaf to the world around me I stare at this photo Two kids frozen in time Surrounded in desert sand Believing we were invincible You laughed, said "you first" When we boarded that flight I still hear that laugh In the echoes of the night [Chorus] Why did I come home? Why did you die? I hear your name in every Flag that flies It should've been me Yeah, I swear sometimes You should've lived I should've stayed behind Tell me, brother Why did I come home alive? [Bridge] I wear your watch Though it stopped that day Still I tap the glass Like it might start up again Bring you back from the grave Put me there instead You stood where I should've Why did things go that way [Chorus] Why did I come home? Why did you die? I hear your name in every Flag that flies It should've been me God, I scream inside You should've lived I should've said goodbye So I carry you In every step of mine But I still ask Why did I come home alive?
Tags
Male vocals rock emotional angry
3:00
No
2/18/2026