As I Fade Away

I'm fighting for a freedom I shall never get to taste;
I'm hoping that my bravery will not go to waste.
There is no fear but wondering if it's all in vain;
There's nothing left but cowardice to make me feel ashamed.

Out here in the battlefield it's a different kind of game;
Underneath its biting sands, I'll lose my sense of fame.
Nobody will remember me; a bloody, filthy stain.
Nobody will carry me until I am home safe.

There's nothing left of me except a deadened weight,
And as I dream these scattered thoughts, the memories, they fade.
I keep grasping for a single thought, but it continues to evade;
And I realize now I love that girl back home in the States.

I should have never left her crying; should have never made her wait.
But I'm finding that for regrets it is far too late;
I'm shutting down, I'm fading fast; I can feel me slip away....
There's a peace in knowing now that my war ended today.