You said you don't feel right
Talking to God
Like he has no place
In the things you must do
Eye for an eye
In the name of what's right
So I'll speak the word
From the heart of you

Slung on your shoulder's
The burden you carry
Hung in your heart
Are the tears you've yet buried
You have no time to be
Friends with your grief
A scream cannot breathe
While its stuck in your teeth

If I'm not careful
I'll inhale the smoke
And find myself on the
Side of the road
Staring at unclean hands
As I try and try to understand
If you're not careful
You won't flee the scene
For a choice you made at 17
When honor made you a man
As I try and try to understand

Home is a hard place
For omission to live
As it faces the scrutinizing
Glare of the truth
Dread blooms a new flower
In an abandoned building
Where unanswered questions Take root

But you hold onto silence
To spare them what you can
'Cause it's what you
Have to do as a man
You have no time to
Reach out for a hand,
There is no home without
Somewhere to land

If I'm not careful
I'll inhale the smoke
Find myself on the
Side of the road
Staring at unclean hands
As I try and try to understand
If you're not careful
You won't flee the scene
For a choice you made at 17
When honor made you a man
As I try and try to understand
As I try and try to understand
Let me try to understand