Weeds
Dramatic, sad song about a forgotten Vietnam veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The darker side of a soldier's life long after the war about PTSD loss, mental illness, pot, drug stupor alcoholism & 1960 1970 upheaval. Southern rock twang punctuates a dark, emotional piano ballad
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Lyrics
WEEDS
it was something he saw
in an old forgotten war
and he don't wanna feel
that pain anymore
so he drowns it out with music
and hides inside the sound
behind the vegetation
that keeps sprouting from the ground
(chorus)
and the weeds keep on growing around his house
yeah the weeds keep on growing around his house
V2
all those innocent faces
keep dancing in his head
and the orders to shoot
until they're all dead
but he disobeyed his captain
and put his rifle down
the others opened fire
and burned that village to the ground
(chorus)
V3
it seems time just won't heal
all the wounds from that old war war
'cause the roots run too deep
he can't reach the core
so he packed up his belongings
and moved inside his mind
but he can't erase that memory
the remote has no rewind
(chorus)
WEEDS
it was something he saw
in an old forgotten war
and he don't wanna feel
that pain anymore
so he drowns it out with music
and hides inside the sound
behind the vegetation
that keeps sprouting from the ground
(chorus)
and the weeds keep on growing around his house
yeah the weeds keep on growing around his house
V2
all those innocent faces
keep dancing in his head
and the orders to shoot
until they're all dead
but he disobeyed his captain
and put his rifle down
the others opened fire
and burned that village to the ground
(chorus)
V3
it seems time just won't heal
all the wounds from that old war war
'cause the roots run too deep
he can't reach the core
so he packed up his belongings
and moved inside his mind
but he can't erase that memory
the remote has no rewind
(chorus)
