Got Your Name on My Dog Tags

(Inspired by “Got Your Name On It” — “this is for you” love)
Verse 1
I used to wear those tags for rank and file,ID in case things went hostile.But somewhere between the dust and fear,You wrote your love across that steel so clear.Your name’s scratched faint on the backside plate,Right next to blood type, number, fate.Every time they hit my chest, I knew—No matter where I was, I carried you.
Verse 2
Now they hang from the rearview in my truck,Clinking soft when I hit a rut.You reach up, thumb across the bend,Say, “Those tags brought my baby home again.”I ain’t the man who left back then,But you still love the soul within.Your name’s still there, worn but sure—Proof of what we both endured.
Pre-Chorus
A piece of metal, a piece of you—Both kept my beating heart in tune.
Chorus
Got your name on my dog tags,Written where the world once dragged.Right by the place that says who I am—Blood and bone and broken man.Yeah, if I ever hit the dirt again,They’ll know who loved meTill the end.
Bridge
Some vows live in rings and vows—Ours lives in scratched-up metal now.