Dashboard Confessional - Slow Decay

Stand down, son, start resting easy
You've done your service, I am proud to have you home
And see you safe, it's so good
You look so strong, in that picture on the mantle
You sent your mom when you were gone
But you look scared now, hollow-eyed
When are you coming, when are you coming

Back where you belong
I swear that it's safe here
There's nothing to fear at all
Come on back where you belong
The pressure releases
If you just let down your guard

Everything rests on you, you know that feeling well
The ball is falling, falling, falling, so far from a close call
Your injuries aren't mortal wounds, the only thing that's killing you
Is what you saw and what you couldn't stop, but you're not the one I blame
It wasn't your mistake, but you're safe now so come on Back where you belong
I swear that it's safe here
There's nothing to fear at all
Come on back where you belong
The pressure releases
If you just let down your guard

It's the simple things Dad, I'm not hurt, I'm not dead
I just should be where my friends are lying
And I didn't hate those that I killed, but they're all dead now
And I'm here alive, with satellites and Friday nights
And no one to judge me, for the things that I've done at all
So how can I live with that

Back where I belong
Back where I belong
Back where I belong
Back where I belong

Take me back where I belong
You swear that it's safe here
There is nothing to fear at all
Take me back where I belong
The pressure releases
If I just let down my guard