Lights Out

Faintly fading sirens in my ear
I guess that we survived another year
The lights are blowing circuits in my brain
I don't yet know the damage I've sustained

I put my life into a suitcase yesterday
Rolled it down the hall and then went on my way

Is this lights out? Cause I'm not ready to go down yet
Lights out and I won't soon forget how good it's been

The streets outside are buzzing day and night
The television tells us why we fight
But I don't care about who's wrong or right
I just want to see her face tonight

I lit a candle for my loved ones back at home
Set upon the task that only I alone can do

I've stumbled through that dark place
In my mind and find those memories
Still stacked along the back of that old head of mine
That's the way that I remember much of these early years