Cyril

Damn it's good to be back home

And get back to my old life

But a part of me still longs to be

With my brothers in the fight

So if you could spare your judgements

I ain't proud of all I did

But no-one wins the fights against

A bomb strapped to a kid

Everything here feels so different

Still ain't found where I fit in

And depending who you ask

They'll say I'm a hero or condemned

I guess a war can do that to you

So maybe I'm the one who's changed

From the rifle cracks, the night attacks

And the chilling sound of pain

So don't be mad at me, I tried

Drink a beer for me, don't cry

Hold your loved ones close tonight

And speak of empathy

See all the medals don't mean half as much

As what I left in Iraq

And just 'cause I came home

Don't mean I made it back

I climb a ladder to the rafters

Of this garage I never cleaned

I take one last look around before

I set me free

I pray Jesus forgives me

For a life that got off track

And knows just 'cause I came home

Don't mean I made it back

So don't be mad at me, I tried

Drink a beer for me, don't cry

Hold your loved ones close tonight

And speak of empathy

See all the medals don't mean half as much

As what I left in Iraq

Just 'cause I came home

Don't mean I made it back