Ghosts in the Trees

[Verse 1] The call came down from far away, They said it’s time, son, you can’t stay. F***t the fear, f***t the red, But all I saw were the faces of the d**d. They dropped us down through smoke and green, In a world I’d never seen. The air was thick with death and doubt, And no one made it back without. [Chorus] Ghosts in the trees, they call to me, Whispers carried on the breeze. Through the mud, the b***d, the rain, I’ll never be the same again. I came back home, but not to peace — I brought the ghosts in the trees. [Verse 2] I was nineteen, scared and small, Didn’t know a thing ‘bout w*r at all. Orders shouted, smoke and flame, You stop seein’ faces, only aim. We took the towns, we took their sons, We told ourselves it had to be done. But every night those voices cry, In a tongue that asks me why. [Bridge] They called us heroes… But heroes don’t wake up screaming. Heroes don’t come home to silence. Heroes don’t pray to forget. [Chorus] Ghosts in the trees, they call to me, They know what I was made to be. Took my soul, left scars and screams, I see their eyes behind my dreams. The w*r is done, but I can’t leave — I’m one more ghost in the trees. [Outro] I went to f***t for what was right… Now I can’t tell wrong from night. Lord, let me rest beneath the leaves— I’m tired of these ghosts in the trees.