Shadows on my Boots

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Came home on a midnight flight,
But my mind stayed trapped in a foreign night.
Family’s here, say they’re glad I’m back—
But my heartbeat’s still out on that desert track.

I sit in this kitchen, lights low and dim,
The world feels quiet, but I’m shackled within.
Memories march like ghosts in a line—
Every face I lost still walks behind.

The war ain’t over…
It just changed its face.

I got shadows on my boots,
Sand in my blood, and a mind that won’t refute.
I left the battle, but the battle won’t leave me,
I see the fire every time I try to breathe.
Yeah… I’m home, but I ain’t free—
These shadows still walk with me.

Sleep don’t come, not for a man like this,
Every dream hits back like a clenched-up fist.
I hear a gunshot in a slamming door,
I hit the floor before I know what for.

Doctors talk, say it’s “just in my mind,”
But they ain’t seen the things I left behind.
They ain’t heard the screams in the silent night,
Or felt guilt stand up when you turn out the light.

The war ain’t over…
It just changed its name.

I got shadows on my boots,
Dust in my lungs, and a memory that pollutes.
I left the battle, but it carved itself in me,
And all those ghosts still ask who I’m supposed to be.
Yeah… I’m home, but never clean—
Shadows follow every scene.

I walk these halls like a stranger in my life,
A soldier in a war with no enemy in sight.
You can take me out of hell, but hell don’t take its leave—
It hangs on my shoulders every night I try to breathe.

Maybe time will heal what the battle broke,
Maybe peace will come in a softer stroke.
But until that day, I’ll just take the fight—
One breath, one step, one haunted night.

I got shadows on my boots,
And every mile I walk is a living substitute.
I’m here, I’m home, but half of me stayed behind—
In a country of smoke buried deep in my mind.
Yeah… I’m home, but far from free—
’Cause the shadows still walk with me.

Shadows walk with me…
Shadows… walk with me…

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