Slow Decay (Re-Record)

Stand down, son

And start resting easy

You’ve done your service

I am proud to have you home and see you safe

It’s so good

You looked so strong

In that picture on the mantle

You sent your mom when you were gone

But you looked scared now

Hollow eyed, when are you coming?

When are you coming?

Back where you belong

I swear that it’s safe here

There’s nothing to fear at all

Come on back

Where you belong

The pressure releases

If you just let down your guard

Everything rests on you

You know that feeling well

The ball is falling, falling, falling

So far from a close call

Your injuries aren’t mortal wounds

The only thing that’s killing you

Is what you saw

And what you couldn’t stop

Well, you’re not the one I blame

It wasn’t your mistake

But you're safe now so come home

Back where you belong

I swear that it’s safe here

There’s nothing to fear at all

Come on back

Where you belong

The pressure releases

If you just let down your guard

It’s simple things, dad

I’m not hurt, I’m not dead

I just should be

Where my friends are lying

And I didn’t hate

Those that I killed

But they’re all dead now

And I’m here alive with satellites

And Friday nights and no one to judge me

For the things that I’ve done at all

So how can I live with that?

Back where I belong

Back where I belong

Back where I belong

Back where I belong

Take me back where I belong

You swear that it’s safe here

There is nothing to fear at all

Take me back where I belong

The pressure releases

If I just let down my guard