Terrified

Verse

The sun rose from a topaz sea.

The sky was sapphire blue.

The waves marched like lines of soldiers.

The way I used to do.

Pre chorus

On a beach like this we came ashore.

Greeted by machine gun fire.

On a beach like this the sand ran red.

Bodies hung up in barbed wire.

Chorus

Today seems so peaceful.

So why these tears in my eyes.

Why am I not grateful?

Why am I so terrified?

Verse

The wind blew in from the tropics.

The sky turned asphalt grey.

We fell like rows of dominos.

Prayed to God we’d be saved.

Pre chorus

On a beach like this we came ashore.

Greeted by machine gun fire.

On a beach like this the sand ran red.

Bodies hung up in barbed wire.

 Chorus

Today seems so peaceful.

So why these tears in my eyes.

Why am I not grateful?

Why am I so terrified?

Verse

War is a harsh reality.

A man can lose his way.

You witness such brutality

It can leave a man changed.

Pre chorus

On a beach like this we came ashore.

Greeted by machine gun fire.

On a beach like this the sand ran red.

Bodies hung up in barbed wire.

Chorus

 Today seems so peaceful.

So why these tears in my eyes.

Why am I not grateful?

Why am I so terrified?

Bridge

I can’t sleep without seeing their faces.

Hearing them screaming in vain.

The thunder of guns the bursting of bombs

Pounding inside of my brain.