I put on my old boots today In the leather the sands of the desert ground in deep I close my eyes and sigh as the taste Brings back memories I'd rather not keep
Gunmetal black across my back The crash of thunder, so I thought But when the sky did not turn black And weep with the tears that the thunder had wrought
And the sirens screamed And they still invade dreams And I fell to my knees As I watched my friend bleed On the scorching concrete
I became someone else My family saw right away But I've never told them What happened that day
I keep it locked in A payment for past sins As I try to begin Feeling normal again But who knows when