I was a soldier, came home in tatters
I won the battles and lost the war
Now that I'm older it doesn't matter
Some lives are stolen, I'm just one more

NO, DON'T ASK ME WHAT I MISS
NOBODY LIKES TO KISS AND SPEAK OF FAILURE
NO, DON'T ASK ME WHAT I'VE LOST
YOU KNOW I LIKE TO TALK AND I MIGHT TELL YOU

I was a laugher, I was a lover
I was another in other times
Rain in my rafters is all you'll discover
You needn't bother to read my mind

I have this nightmare of glowing embers
Safe by the fireplace when I was five
And in the night air it makes me tremble
I still remember what love is like