1. |
Time To Be Moving On
02:08
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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
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2. |
Bomb Suit For The Truth
04:28
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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
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3. |
A Hard Heart
04:02
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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
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4. |
No Regrets
03:12
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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
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5. |
These Boots
03:20
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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
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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
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7. |
Why Am I Still Here
04:03
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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
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8. |
From Here
05:17
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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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