Life and Death Game Lyrics

Don't know if I'm dreamin' or just tryin' to remember it all

I'm tangled in memories between home and a far away fall

I want to go home but the home that I know is now gone

Rounds poppin' off rocks like the sparks from a fire and I'm gone

I love it and I hate it I just can't explain it

It twists up my guts and it tattoos my brain

With pictures that I can't explain…

It's a life and death game

We were pinned down in a valley with echos of home in my head

Said I've got to survive cause that little girl sure needs her dad

So I move out with purpose and take care of the task that's at hand

Just another deep valley somewhere here in Afghanistan

Well I love it and I hate it but I just can't explain it

It twists up my guts and it tattoos my brain

With pictures that I can't explain…

It's a life and death game

Artillery thunders as helos come chopperin' in

They fire and maneuver while the enemy covers their head

And like magic they're gone and we don't even know if they're dead

So it's back to the base where we'll rest up then do it again

Well I love it and I hate it but I just can't explain it

It twists up my guts and it tattoos my brain

With pictures that I can't explain…

It's a life and death game

Away in my head tryin' hard to make sense of it all

The price that we pay man sometimes just feels like it's wrong

Well Mike and J.C. hell I miss 'em both but they're gone

So try hard not to think cause it just might not add up at all

Well I love it and I hate it but I just can't explain it

It twists up my guts and it tattoos my brain

With pictures that I can't explain…

It's a life and death game