I Still See Your Face

(Inspired by “I Still See Your Face”)Topic: A soldier haunted by a friend he lostTone: Emotional, intense, cinematic*
Verse 1
Some nights the sky turns red behind my eyes,And I’m back in that place where the dust never dies.I hear your laugh echo through the smoke,Hear the joke you made right before the blast broke.I still see your face in the firefight,Lit by flames in the dead of night.Every sunrise feels like a debt I owe—For the breath you lost, for the life you let go.
Verse 2
Your mama sent me your dog tags last June,Said she wanted them close to someone who knewThe man you were before the war—The heart of gold, the stubborn core.I carry them round like a second spine,Cold against my chest when the stars align.Some nights I swear you’re beside me still,Telling me jokes, calming the chill.
Pre-Chorus
Death took your body, but not your place—I still see your face.
Chorus
I still see your face in the firefight,When my nerves shake and I grip tight.I still hear your voice say, “We’ll be alright,”Even though you vanished in the night.Brother, you’re gone but not erased—No, I still see your face.
Bridge
If spirits walk where memories burn—Then yours comes back every turn.

* Influence: Emotional war ballads (original)