The Veteran Ringtones

Regarding the person that I used to be Clinging to maxims That I once claimed important to myself A strangeness took place Somewhere inside of me Where I once supposed the core Of my soul I'm so tired of fighting myself If I could only give in, I'd be the first one to leave this mess But I'm stuck, like trapped in a ruin Until I become the veteran Of my own war This is my war I feel it's time to leave this state This place, my home Forever from now And never come back Never again But it feels like I'm just left to set it all ablaze Though I'd rather watch the flames Erase the ruin from afar I'm so tired of fighting myself If I could only give in, I'd be the first one to leave this mess But I'm stuck, like trapped in a ruin Until I become the veteran Of my own war From now on I declare war against myself I declare war against myself And I can't let this win over me I can't let this win over me

None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears In the line of duty Deep in harm's way Psychologically scarred The price you have paid Transition civilian life No one understands Unable to integrate No future, no plans Sleeping in doorways Living in the street Begging to strangers For coins so you can eat Most people don't look While others stare Society's rejected In a world that does not care None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears Lost all sense of meaning Reality surreal PTSD afflicted Wounds that never heal The veteran The veteran A message to the government Honor the military covenant

The lights go down, the stage is set The man in the wings breaks out in sweat A backstage joker spiked his coke While the dressing room was full of smoke A crowd of fools got him high He's afraid he's gonna die He's the apple of their eye He steps into the remaining light Crowd go wild, he's out of sight Arms held high in the sign of peace His manager signed the one night lease The house is full getting high He's afraid he's gonna die He's the apple of their eye (He struts, he strolls) (His love is rock'n'roll) He's the Veteran Cosmic Rocker He steps into the remaining light The crowd go wild, he's out of sight Arms held high in the sign of peace His manager signed the one night lease The house is full getting high He's afraid he's gonna die He's the apple of their eye (He struts, he strolls) (His life is rock'n'roll) He's the Veteran Cosmic Rocker He's afraid that he will die