

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Boots on the porch, dust on the floor, A flag on the wall, a life from before. The screen door creaks, but it don’t slam, I stand in the silence, the shell of a man. [Chorus] I can't turn back time, can't undo the fight, The battlefield's gone, but it lives in my mind. Lost in this town, I can't find my track, I came home from the war, but I can't come back. [Verse 2] Folks shake my hand, call me a hero, But their words feel heavy, empty and hollow. The streets I knew, they don’t feel the same, Like I’m a stranger wearin’ my own name. [Prechorus] I see their smiles, I hear their cheers, But they don’t see the man who's fightin’ tears. [Chorus] I can't turn back time, can't undo the fight, The battlefield's gone, but it lives in my mind. Lost in this town, I can't find my track, I came home from the war, but I can't come back. [Bridge] The nights are the worst, the quiet’s too loud, Memories march like a ghostly crowd. I close my eyes, but the pictures stay, The things I saw won’t fade away.
Tags
allowing the emotion to shine through., acoustic, melodic, male vocals; gentle acoustic guitar picking with soft pedal steel accents; a raw, country, stripped-down arrangement that builds to a restrained crescendo
4:00
No
9/25/2025