The Land
torrid land of death and pain
you know why i've come back again
no one here can fathom why
i'd leave them for the chance to die
you know that i'm not here for death
or seeking glory for myself
but trying to find a part that's lost
knowing too well at what the cost
ones left behind will never know
how much it hurts me that i go
i can't find words to tell them why
for if i could, you know i'd try
if i could make them understand
why i walk your hardened land
perhaps they'd not feel so betrayed,
know that i'll be back some day
your dusts will choke me once again
your cruelty will become my pain
the things i'll never understand
become my home in your hot land
and wrongs that i'll see everyday
i'll try to change but, there's no way
and knowing that before i try
won't stop my efforts, you know why
i'll hold my memories close to me
remembering love i feel not see
i'll wake eachday and do my best
right some wrongs and try the rest
and i'll come home a whole new man
though many will not understand
but those that see will rightly know
that what i'd said before is so
so torrid land of death and pain
watch me walk with you again
when i'm through we both will know
a different man is coming home
Jeffro
