Glory Days

[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]