Story Behind The Song

This song is dedicated to my brothers and sisters in the armed forces who manage day to day with PTSD.

Lyrics

Unfinished Business
Alan R. Hesse Copyright 2014

Verse 1
There's a wound you carry that just isn't healing
You look fine on the outside, but inside you're dying.
And the anguish you've felt for too long
Haunts you every day, ----- and just won't go away.
Verse 2
It's the same old pattern the old memories playing
Of friends lost in battle, never gone never staying
Feeling helpless to try and control
The unseen wounds ---- of a wounded soul
Chorus:
Unfinished business
For too long you've been trying to hide
The secret misery held deep inside you
And as long as you do, it's unfinished business.
Verse 3
It's time to let go of the guilt that holds you
Feel the grace and love of those you came home to
Maybe then you can stop asking why
Why some made it out and some lost their lives
Chorus:
Unfinished business;
For too long you've been trying to hide
The secret misery held deep inside you
And as long as you do, it's unfinished business.
Bridge
You can't wind that clock back, and you can't take the guilt back, there's just this one life you live in.
You need to find grace now, accept and to face now, you did what you had to, to survive it.
Chorus
Unfinished business;
For too long you've been trying to hide
The secret misery held deep inside you
And as long as you do, it's unfinished business