Summer Soldier

In my mind's eye, I remember it still, innocence lost, summer soldier, war cries

I was told that my cause was right, why do I feel like a thief at night,

Stealing someone's birthright, watching so many die, children weeping, no good-byes.

I carry the scars that are never seen, wounded parts hidden within my soul.

I remember the death screams as they return to haunt men every night.

In my mind's eye I can still recall the smell of gun powder, the stench of the dead...

The many shades of blood scattered on the ground.

I remember the medals we gave to decorate another man's grave.

The sound of taps haunt me still.

I was blind then but now I see I was never fighting for liberty.

I fixed weapons that could kill, now and then the memories burn..,

I carry the guilt all alone, like a horror only I know.

No one ever heard me cry, no one ever saw how my soul died.

But in my mind's eye I still recall how so many others have died...

Without having a reason why.

Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat, choking in tears that no one understands,

Screaming words that only I know.

The war is over except for the memories that still haunt me.

In my mind's eye I remember it still innocence lost, summer soldier.

Haunting memories of the soul, tears are falling, winter causality, war cries...