Shades (feat. Jon Statham)

I was sitting at the bar one lonely night
Having a beer
When the bartender asked
Why you always wear those shades in here?
It's a question I avoid But this time
Something told me to say
It ain't a pretty one, but it's my story son
I'll tell you anyway.

I haven't taken 'em off in many a year
They hide all the pain, they hide all the tears
But There's so many things I see this way
I see the wreck of my mind making sense of the wars
The love of my life who couldn't take any more
I see the face of a brother n warrior as he fades
Behind these shades

Well that was just the start to my broken heart
When I got back my hometown has falling apart
With drugs and gangs and
Methamphetamines
I've tried to make sense of our society
It's all gone to hell and driving me
Crazy
Sometimes I gotta filter everything I've seen

I haven't taken 'em off in many a year
They hide all the pain, they hide all the tears
But There's so many things I see this way
I see the town I grew up in going to hell
My childhood friend who's now a drug ridden shell
And the way of life that I bled for being unmade behind these shades

And I wait the day when I ain't seeing things this way

Well once I dreamed I'd find a piece of land
A woman to love, someone to understand
A peaceful life where I could rest my eyes a while

But I haven't taken 'em off in many a year
They hide all the pain, they hide all the tears
But There's so many things I see this way
I see my faith in God tested all of the time
The hopes and the dreams that are no longer mind
The face of a fallen friend and the price he paid

And the way of life that I bled for being unmade - behind these shades