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SW​:​S Retreat, December 2020, Boulder Crest Arizona

by SongwritingWith:Soldiers

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1.
I’m pumped for the stories we’re about to tell With a band of brothers and we’ve been through hell I’ve been through the shit and I don’t know where to go Time to be Moving on The hard part is talking bout the truth The hard part is putting it into words A hard heart is not the way you wanna grow It’s time to be moving on You want to move on but you can’t let go What else do I know But a soldier to my left and a soldier to my right It’s time to be moving on How many souls have gone before? What was it all for? Why am I still here at all It’s time to be moving on It’s hard to give up the brotherhood It’s hard to see what’s clear It takes a little while to realize That it’s time to be moving on You want to move on but you can’t let go What else do I know But a soldier to my left and a soldier to my right It’s time to be moving on You want to move on but you can’t let go What else do I know But a soldier to my left and a soldier to my right It’s time to be moving on
2.
Last time I took me an hour to make it down that road Of loneliness and loss and fear and dirt Had no idea what kind of hell I got myself into But I knew it was gonna hurt We bled a lot of tears, we tore down the walls Drop the stones of trauma in the creek Saw there’s no path to joy until the mask falls And I made friends for life in a week I handle hmx, RDX, fox 7, TNT Like it’s just another day Taking that long walk to the danger is easy for me I know how to make it go away I’m good at this one thing I’m still here and that’s the proof But staring down my demons There’s no bomb suit for the truth This time I flew down that road with a cloud of dust behind me Even had a smile on my face Carrying the tools, doing the work Feels like going home, coming back to this place There’s a light at the end of the tunnel and I know it’s not a train I’ve made peace with the voices in my head, I don’t live by what they’re sayin’ I handle hmx, RDX, fox 7, TNT Like it’s just another day Taking that long walk to the danger is easy for me I know how to make it go away I’m good at this one thing I’m still here and that’s the proof But staring down my demons There’s no bomb suit for the truth With faith in other people’s kindness I reconnected with old friends Paid my penance, got forgiveness, dropped the burden, made amends I handle hmx, RDX, fox 7, TNT Like it’s just another day Taking that long wa lk to the danger is easy for me I know how to make it go away I’m good at this one thing I’m still here and that’s the proof But staring down my demons There’s no bomb suit for the truth
3.
A Hard Heart 04:02
Don’t thank me for my sacrifice Don’t know that I would do it twice The guilt that feeds on my fears Hating myself for all these years But you have to find a place to start That’s always the hardest part When you’ve been withdrawn so long You feel like you just don’t belong CHORUS: When you got a hard heart It needs a restart You think that it’s protecting you by hiding in the dark But there’s a thin line Between a land mine And breaking open things that need to change In a hard heart And time ain’t all it takes to heal You have to relearn how to feel I thought that I just didn’t care But I think I found a crack somewhere So let’s not write this song about me Cause we all need hope and hope is free Civilians and soldiers can feel the same We’re just human beings suffering pain CHORUS: From a hard heart It needs a restart You think that it’s protecting you by hiding in the dark Cause there’s a thin line Between a land mine And breaking open things that need to change In a hard heart Nothing is protecting you by hiding in the dark You just got a hard heart Hard heart So don’t thank me for my sacrifice
4.
No Regrets 03:12
All I did was go to war, sleep and work and eat She was raising babies on her own I was trained to deal with everything That came my way You know there ain’t no manual For trying to raise a family all alone I am thankful, ever thankful For each and every day And everything she did back at the start The fact is she still holds us all together in her hands How can I begin show her All the gratitude I owe her in my heart Through the tough times All the hard work Not knowing if you’re ever coming home To the good times On the back porch Where the kids have all room they need to roam I want to be there for the ball game Or when my daughter comes home with a broken heart We’re gonna get there At the right time, you can bet No regrets I just want to give my children All the love my parents gave to me And that’s a real high order When I think back on that happy family All the moves we made before Were harder than the move we’re planning still I can’t wait to watch the sunset On the porch swing of our cabin on the hill Chorus: We’ve known tough times and hard work Not knowing if I’d ever get back home To the good times on the back porch Where the kids have all the room they need to roam I want to be there for the ball game And when my daughter comes home with a broken heart We’re gonna get there at the right time No matter what we’ll have a good time …Baby you just ain’t seen nothing yet No regrets
5.
These Boots 03:20
The dirt and the dust, the mud and the rain You may know some they’ve carried through the joy and the pain Tough enough to take a beating, just like you When you stop to shine them up, they can take that too Your feet aren’t the first to fill these boots And they won’t be the last There’s comfort in the truth You can ask the younger me who couldn’t see while he was trying to go alone That he was not the only one to walk a mile or even own These boots There for the coffee, there for the wine For you like they were for me when they were mine With you when you’re home and when you’re miles away Somebody’s gonna hear you when you say what you gotta say Your feet aren’t the first to fill these boots And they won’t be the last There’s comfort in the truth You can ask the younger me who couldn’t see while he was trying to go alone That he was not the only one to walk a mile or even own These boots It’s the medicine you might not want to take I know it’s easier to tell yourself old lies But friend, if you can learn from my mistake Sooner than I did, you’ll realize Your feet aren’t the first to fill these boots And they won’t be the last There’s comfort in the truth You can ask the younger me who couldn’t see while he was trying to go alone That he was not the only one to walk a mile or even own These boots These Boots These Boots
6.
Home is whatever state I’m in All of my life I’ve been moving I can’t keep track of all the places I’ve been Home is whatever state I’m in There was a time when I wanted to die I kept my emotions inside I was so busy leading everyone else That I didn’t know myself Babe I still don’t know myself Home is whatever state I’m in Wherever I’m going wherever I’ve been I’ve been a soldier out on the wind Home is whatever state I’m in There was a time I was scared to change This life is all I’ve ever known But I wanna put down my roots with you Cause I’m ready and willing to grow Yeah I’m ready and willing to grow SOLO: Hold on and don’t let me go Tell me what I need to know Hold on and don’t let me go Home is whatever state I’m in I can’t keep track of all the places I’ve been You were the anchor when I was out on the wind And home is whatever state I’m in TAG: Home is whatever state I’m in
7.
If I start to cry I might not know why I just can’t explain Might be joy, might be pain There’s so much inside Feelings I can’t hide Had to set them free It was killing me Why am I still here? Why do I live on? I just have to ask With so many gone I know there’s a reason But it’s never clear So I have to ask Why am I still here? Music feeds my soul Jazz or rock n roll Showing me the way To see another day So I Write another song It carries me along One step at a time That’s the only way Chorus Friends and lovers come and go For reasons I don’t know I hope to see them all again someday Inst 1/2 vs We’re all gypsies in our souls Too much Time out on the road So I’ll just carry on Hope the miss me when I’m gone Chorus
8.
From Here 05:17
Morning changes everything when I see the sun Another battle with my memory is won Amazing what can live here in the harshest terrain I feel like a desert that just got a little rain So quiet I can hear the ones who came before And I don’t feel so special anymore What a weight off of my shoulders knowing I’m not alone I can find my way, I can find my way home From here I can see the stars From here they were just too hard to see before I can’t say what comes tomorrow Today it’s clear From here Would I take this journey over knowing what I know now We chose the path but we didn’t choose this pain We can share each other’s burdens when we can’t lay them down Knowing things will never look the same From here I can see the stars From here they were just too hard to see before I can’t say what comes tomorrow Today it’s clear From here From here Lay the monsters here to rest and leave the mask behind A touchstone we can always find From here I can see the stars From here they were just too hard to see before I can’t say what comes tomorrow Today it’s clear From here From here

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released December 6, 2020

Jeremy Welch / Earl Dennis / Jim Cook
John Martin / Ken Lima / Sean Robertson
Will Kimbrough / Bonnie Bishop / Maia Sharp

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