Lyrics
[Harmonica Intro]
[Verse 1]
Back when youth was on my side, a call to arms was loud and wide,
I left my home to fight a war, on distant shores, with hopes to soar.
But glory days were just a mask, for the grim tasks that they'd ask.
[Chorus]
Glory days, they slip away, the bands don’t play for me,
I came home, a soldier’s pride, but they just turned their eyes.
Glory days, a fleeting trace, of a forgotten face,
In my heart, the battles roar, but they don't know what for.
[Verse 2]
The parades were not for me, no cheers in the streets,
Just whispers and looks, in the corners they took.
I fought for peace, it's what I knew, for me and you, but at what cost?
Now I’m just a ghost at the post, in a land that’s lost.
[Chorus]
Glory days, they fade to gray, no medals shine for me,
Flags that waved for others' pride, for me they hide, unseen.
Glory days, just echoes now, of a youth disavowed,
They remember the war, but forget who it was for.
[Saxophone and keyboard bridge]
The world moves on, but memories stick,
Like the tick of a clock, in a room that’s sick.
I sit here in the twilight’s glow, thinking of the long ago,
Trying to find the man I was, before the war, and all it does.
[Verse 3]
Now here I stand, with worn-out shoes, looking at the life I didn’t choose.
A warrior without a war, what am I even here for?
Yet in the silence of my mind, I search and find, some peace at last.
[Chorus]
Glory days, I let them go, and find new roads to roam,
The respect I crave might never come, but this fight, it’s done.
Glory days, not all is lost, I bear the cost, but see,
In the quiet of the dawn, a new strength is born.
[Outro]
So here’s to the forgotten ones, whose wars are never won,
We find our way, come what may, in our own unsung glory days.
[end]
