From the recording Trying to Catch Amnesia

Lyrics

The Forever War

It’s midnight on my front porch,
And I’m staring out at the war
I don’t sleep much anymore
Visions of Shock and Awe,
like a thousand nights before
Bring the war home to my door

I walk my perimeter all night
I won’t sleep until it’s light
I’ll guard the limits of my post
I have these promises to keep
And I’m too scared to go to sleep
In the company of ghosts

A wise man once said, you’ll sleep a long time when you’re dead
So I keep the lights turned way up bright
Sometimes if someone cares, they ask when I was over there
I say I was there just last night.

The cops have been around
One night I got my signals crossed
The judge gave my ex the kids
So I drive around this town
Hoping I might get lost
Thinking ‘bout the costs of what I did.

Give us this day our daily meds
And take a quick look inside my head
You never know what you’ll find in there
I might need a few small repairs

I should be feeling stronger day-by-day
That’s what all the doctors say
My new normal’s there somewhere
But I’m staring out my front door
Fighting the forever war
It’s one long hand of solitaire

A wise man once said, you’ll sleep a long time when you’re dead
So I keep the lights turned way up bright
Sometimes if someone cares, they ask when I was over there
I say I was there just last night.