Boots in the dirt the sky’s turning grey

Letters from home feel a lifetime away

A photograph crumpled held tight in my hand

This battlefield's silence I don’t understand

Oh the echoes of war they scream in my head

The faces I’ve lost the tears that I’ve bled

I march on through shadows though my heart feels spent

This is my story a soldier's lament

The stars in the night they blink like a tear

Each one a reminder of someone held dear

The weight of the past it clings to my chest

But I carry it forward I give it my best

Oh the echoes of war they scream in my head

The faces I’ve lost the tears that I’ve bled

I march on through shadows though my heart feels spent

This is my story a soldier's lament

The wind whispers softly it hums a sad tune

Under the glow of a cold silver moon

Each step that I take is a prayer in disguise

For peace to return to these weary eyes

Oh the echoes of war they scream in my head

The faces I’ve lost the tears that I’ve bled

I march on through shadows though my heart feels spent

This is my story a soldier's lament