Song Description
Originally began as a metaphor for closing off to others, it's kind of become a straight war song about demobbing. Hopefully both meanings are there...
| Song Length |
4:30 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
War, Home |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Night down and one year older
Ceasefire for all the soldiers
Smoke-stung and lazy-eyed,
We face civilian life
We?ve pulled the pin on this war
We?ve fought the fight we came here for
In pairs at every door
We will uphold the law
Run cables through the debris, best
To keep us linked in loneliness
We?ll run transmitter tests
We?ll beat this wilderness ? or ?in concrete wilderness??
The distant thrum of humvees
An aimless buzz like killer bees
The smell of antifreeze
And you, caught up in me
I held you like a token,
The lines of contact broken
Dogtags and firearms
The trenches in your palms
I held your eyes for too long
Crack-crackle burned the ozone
I?ve lightning in my mouth
My radio is out
No word, no flares, no sound
Tonight we?re pulling out.