Pain from a long ago wound
As gray clouds her vision
The world goes black
So far away
So far away
The leader barking orders
The others following them
The enemy close behind
She's hit
Why so much red
The crimson spreads across her uniform
She tries pick up her gun to defend her men
Nothing happens
They fall like flies
She is helpless as her world shatters before her
As she faints the sound of fighters over head and troops around fill her ears
So far away
So far away
She wakes and screams
Then she realizes the war is gone
The room is to sterile she is to clean
The smell of sick people and chemicals assaults her nose
Where are her men
not where they should be
not beside her
she wasn't by they're side
So far away
So far away
The doctor ran his mouth for ever
It was hard for her to focus
The walls of her hospital room were fuzzy
She caught some words before the pain returned and the world went away again
Amputation
Gangrene
Will probably have PTSD
Then the room went black
So far away
So far away
It's no laughing matter
But the chatter continues
Their stares and their sneers
This is what she gets
She is the laughing stock
Made a mockery of her bravery
Everyone else is so...so...
So far away
So far away
Hiding her face
Letting no one see the scars
Letting no one heal the wounds
Building a wall against the world
To shield herself
Through every waking nightmare
The pain comes after every re-lived moment
So why wasn't it her
Why is she here and not still there with the people who would stay for eternity
What could she have done differently
They're so far
So far away
So far away
Pain from a long ago wound
As gray clouds her vision
The world goes black
So far away
So far away