Soldiers returned Lyrics

Survivors of a nightmare now return to peaceful shores

Picking up the pieces of the lives they had before

Noticing the changes in themselves and in their friends

Growing isolation as each contingency ends

Thank you for your service

For our freedoms that you won

Thank you for your service

I salute you, every one

Silent superstition drifting aimlessly about

Society applauds, then just as quickly shuts them out

The darkness is much kinder, welcoming the broken souls

To stand beneath the shadows, ever bitter in the cold

Thank you for your service

For our freedoms that you won

Thank you for your service

I salute you, every one

Can you be recycled when they've taken every part?

How to feel emotion when they've stripped you of your heart?

What's the point in trying when you're only going to fail?

Scratching at the surface only gets you broken nails

Thank you for your service

For our freedoms that you won

Thank you for your service

I salute you, every one

Psychologically decrepit, emotionally raw

Hard and cold and jagged as the rocks along the shore

Haunted by experience, their terror never far

We label them as heroes now we've torn their worlds apart

Thank you for your service

For our freedoms that you won

Thank you for your service

I salute you, every one

Thank you for your service

I salute you, every one