Best Soldier in Me

(Inspired by “She Got the Best of Me”)Topic: A soldier giving everything he had to a love that eventually leftTone: Heartbroken, reflective, gritty*
Verse 1
She met me before the war carved lines,Before nightmares stole sleep from my nights.Back when I was soft around the edgesAnd hadn’t seen brothers laid under hedges.She loved the hopeful kid in boots,Not the man scorched by combat truths.I tried to hold on, tried to stay whole,But trauma has a way of taxin’ the soul.
Verse 2
She waited years, but distance grew,Between who I became and who she knew.She said, “Baby, I love you, but I’m losing me,”And those words hit harder than any enemy.I didn’t fight, didn’t beg her to stay—Knew I had no right to ask her that way.Some loves are beautiful but not meant to last—A peaceful chapter in a violent past.
Pre-Chorus
Losing her taught me what scars can do—How love breaks when pain breaks you.
Chorus
She got the best of the soldier in me,The part that still believed in peace.She held my hand through the darkest fights,But some wars spill into homebound nights.She gave her heart, but she set me free—Yeah… she got the best of the soldier in me.
Bridge
I hope her future shines gentle and bright—She saved me more than she’ll ever cite.

* Influence: Emotional heartland grit (original)