Dust in My Boots

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I still count names on my hands Like rounds in a dirty mag My brothers, my sisters Gone down range and never came back I got sand in my teeth And a hole in my chest that stays Every boot I hear in the hall Feels like you came home today [Verse 2] We were young in the heat With our eyes on the same sky Laughing through the smoke Trying hard not to die Now I drink with the shade Of a kid with a crooked grin He says, "You made it out" Then he vanishes back again [Pre-Chorus] I keep knocking on the dark I keep asking for your voice But the room just shakes And gives me no choice I tried to outrun the dead Tried to bury what I knew Now every road I take Leads right back to you [Chorus] Ghosts on my back Won't let me go Ghosts on my back Down every road I lost my blood I lost my name Ghosts on my back Call me the same [Verse 3] There's a medal in a drawer And it don't mean a thing When the sleep comes hard And the old walls ring I see your faces flash In the TV blue In the mirror, in the sink In the cracks I moved through [Pre-Chorus] I keep knocking on the dark I keep asking for your voice But the room just shakes And gives me no choice I tried to outrun the dead Tried to bury what I knew Now every road I take Leads right back to you [Chorus] Ghosts on my back Won't let me go Ghosts on my back Down every road I lost my blood I lost my name Ghosts on my back Call me the same [Bridge] [Half-time break] If I could lift one body Out of that burning field If I could unring the bell If I could make it real I'd lay this rage down easy I'd let the hard rain fall But the grave won't answer And it knows my call [Final Chorus] Ghosts on my back Won't let me go Ghosts on my back Down every road I lost my blood I lost my name Ghosts on my back Call me the same Ghosts on my back I wear that weight Ghosts on my back Too late, too late