Unproud Warrior

Album: Heartmind (2022)
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  • September the 2nd, 2017
    That's your discharge date, etched in your soul
    It's been nearly two years now, gone by so fast
    Like the fast food restaurants they built while you were away
    Pull into the drive-thru, speak into a box
    Discard the paper wrappers when you're through
    These people can't comprehend the choices you made
    So you don't tell them a thing (tell a damn thing)

    Whoa, whoa
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    Unproud warrior (unproud)
    You made your house your own

    Some blame their actions on the government
    It's all orders for these lily-white comrades
    They hang up their guns on a nail of rosewater
    And participate in their grandson's parade
    But you know you had more choices than they let on
    A soldier is not a cog, but a man, like any other
    These thoughts you revisit every time you turn on a movie (you revisit every time)
    And see a depiction that is far from your experience (every time, every time)

    Whoa, whoa
    Unproud warrior
    Unproud warrior (every time)
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    You made your choice alone

    You were only seventeen when you enlisted
    You remember
    S.E Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was just fifteen
    Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was just nineteen
    And at twenty-three, Stephen Crane published The Red Badge Of Courage
    Which is still known as one of the most realistic depictions of war
    Even though Crane was born after the Civil War ended
    Maybe sentiments of regret are not all that unrelatable
    You've always taken lengths to be aware of your own choice

    Whoa, whoa
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    You built your house alone (whoa, unproud warrior)

    Whoa, whoa
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    Unproud warrior (unproud warrior)
    Unproud warrior
    You made your house your own (you made your house your own)
    Alone
    Alone Writer/s: Cass McCombs
    Publisher: DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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