[ Verse 1 ]
He was a soldier’s soldier
He fought out a little bolder
He said lay me down in fields I’ve roamed
God I’m a long way from home
[ Chorus ]
He still feels the pain
The battle’s not behind him
Sleep is only but a
Gateway to remind him of
A world that lost good men
And the scars that now define them
[ Verse 2 ]
He loosened the grip on his mind
A lapse of a dangerous kind
He said lay me down in fields I’ve roamed
God I’m a long way from home
[ Chorus ]
He still feels the pain
The battle’s not behind him
Sleep is only but a
Gateway to remind him of
A world that lost good men
And the scars that now define them
[ Verse 3 ]
His Brothers followed him over the hill
Even knowing that some would be killed
Now they’ll all be judged by the sins of their past
Buried away in the field
[ Chorus ]
He still feels the pain
The battle’s not behind him
Sleep is only but a
Gateway to remind him of
A world that lost good men
And the scars that now define them
[ Bridge ]
He was shot near the heart
The end just beginning to start
He said lay me down in fields I’ve roamed
God I’m a long way from home
Shouting lay me down in fields I’ve roamed
God I’m a long way from home