War-torn Mind

Through the eye of a camel sees a little blonde hair blue eyed kid A plane hits a tower a scary world to grow up in Deployments come deployments go I was home just enough to interrupt the flow I can't remember my kids' childhood my mind is just a fog I sacrificed the time with all the ones I love Time I can't get back no matter how hard I try No such thing as making up lost time Only a soldier knows the pain of a war-torn mind Years blend together memories fade Faces of my family in a distant haze Photos on the mantle moments frozen in time But the days that I missed weigh heavy on my mind I can't remember my kids' childhood my mind is just a fog I sacrificed the time with all the ones I love Time I can't get back no matter how hard I try No such thing as making up lost time Only a soldier knows the pain of a war-torn mind I see them growing up in snapshots and calls In their laughter and tears behind these old walls I long to hold them close to be there every day But duty called me far took me away I can't remember my kids' childhood my mind is just a fog I sacrificed the time with all the ones I love Time I can't get back no matter how hard I try No such thing as making up lost time Only a soldier knows the pain of a war-torn mind So here's to the families who bear the weight of the load For the love and the patience the stories untold We march on through the shadows with a hope to find A peace that heals the pain of a war-torn mind