18 Days - Blaze Bayley

Weeping as no one before her has wept

A feeling of panic takes that takes all her breath

Emotions like lava are burning inside

Burning with hatred, self-pity and lies

A circle of doubt and of fear closes in

Choking it blinds her to every good thing

She can’t face living if he’s not around

How much will his broken promise cost now?

He promised he would never leave her again

Promised his days as a soldier would end

Her and their baby would always come first

Now they want him back for one more mission

He tries to calm her and move to the door

Says he’ll be gone 16 days and no more

Thinks of his comrades, he owes them his life

Now forced to choose between them and his wife

Falls to her knees, begging don’t go

Weeping, pleading, begging don’t go

A hero in her eyes, now that hero has died

A hero in my eyes, now that hero has died

I was a hero in her eyes, now that hero has died

He was a hero in my eyes, now that hero has died

18 days passed and still there was no word

She took the hand of his daughter, his world

Feeling abandoned, forsaken betrayed

She lays them in darkness and drains life away

Weeping as no one before her has wept

A feeling of panic takes that takes all her breath

Emotions like lava are burning inside

Burning with hatred, self-pity and lies

Falls to her knees, begging don’t go

Weeping, pleading, begging don’t go

A feeling of panic takes that takes all her breath

Weeping as no one before her has wept