He came home one day

After many years away

His eyes looked around

His hands felt the ground

He took a step in

There was a hint of a grin

Then he took a step back

He acted like he was under attack

He came home one day

After many years away

After been in a war

After all the fighting for

Too much quiet in the walls

It's dark and cold inside this hall

Like a sniper's at his rear

Like he's walking strait to an ambush here

He came home one day

After many years away

And the hope that brought him home

Became a stranger and now it's gone

He held his head between his hands

He was willing to pretend

But he didn't find his wife

Instead was a note under a pointy knife

He came home one day

After many years away

He'd really been through hell

Now he's back and it's just as well

He's standing in his living room

He doesn't feel so much alive

He has no orders to maintain

And every memory is of pain

He came home one day

After many years away

And now he doesn't understand

Why there's no one to hold his hand

And after all that he had given

He's standing in his room of living

No one likes a wounded man

No one wants to understand

He came one day

After many years away

To what he thought to be his home

To where he'll never be alone

He fought the wishing to give-in

While his friends just couldn't hold

And even if his country says he's brave

He now knows - he never left his grave