A Soldier's Return - Voltstrike

A Soldier's Return - Voltstrike +
"The hardest war doesn't end when the guns stop firing; it begins in the quiet of an empty room where the shadows refuse to leave."

​Coming home from the battlefield changes a person in ways that are invisible from the outside. The physical fights may stop, but the mind remains trapped in an endless loop of trauma, where the cries of lost friends echo much louder than reality. Looking into the eyes of someone who has returned reveals a profound loss of innocence, replaced by a burning fire of survival and guilt. Hiding away in a dark room, fighting internal demons, is an incredibly isolating battle where screams for forgiveness go completely unheard. It is a raw look at the haunting reality of PTSD, the feeling of being entirely misunderstood, and the tragic lengths some go to just to silence the pain.

​Song: A Soldier's Return
Lyrics Written By Kelly Wood
Song Composed By Kelly Wood
Music Performed By Voltstrike
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Hey let's welcome home
a soldier boy's return
with blood still on his hands
and a tear-stained photograph
of friends that are no more

Yeah

Look into his eyes
once full of innocence
and find a different man
who had to watch another
one die
as he took another life
fighting in an endless war


He's lost from a reality
as she looks into those
forgotten eyes
where love once use to shine
only to see a fire burn
the cries that echo
as he still hears the torture
of what remains
digging another grave

Oh

He's lost somewhere in time
and no one understands
as he can never escape
his own mind
watching bodies fall
through the shadows
that still call

No more dreams
as the nightmares they echo
filled with violent screams
as another soldier dies

He hides in a room alone
fighting against his own
screaming for forgiveness
but nobody can hear him shout
now there's no way out
and he feel's no one gives a damn
as a shot fires through the hall
and ends a world of pain

Yeah

Hey let's welcome home
a soldier boy's return