Stand Down

Stand Down: (3:44)

Contact: Susan Shann (615) 351-3886
mysticsmantramusic@gmail.com

Writer: Susan Shann, ASCAP
Publisher, PRO: Mooselodge Music, ASCAP

Release date: 8/1/2018

Produced by Chip Martin, Chip Martin Productions
Additional production, mixing and mastering by “Ren” Renfree, Aren Creative

Susan Shann: guitar, vocals
Chip Martin: additional guitars, bass


Stand Down / Susan B. Shann /© 2017

He goes down to the local bar to hang out with his friends
But no matter how the evening starts, they know how it’s gonna end
He’ll wind up drunk, in a fight
Cursing those demons in his mind and swingin’ fists
He never used to be like this

Stand down, soldier, you’ve been fighting much too long
Ten years back home, but the battle rages on
Time to let go of the pain, get your feet back on the ground
Stand down, soldier, stand down

Some days he can find himself, and leave that place behind
Then he slips into the shadows like a ghost from another time
Living in his private hell, seeing faces of the ones who fell
And the ones he couldn’t save - man, they haunt him every day

Stand down, soldier, you’ve been fighting much too long
Ten years back home, but the battle rages on
Time to let go of the pain, get your feet back on the ground
Stand down, soldier, stand down

He went to serve his country, with honor and pride
But seeing so much suffering changed him deep inside
He thinks about the friends he’s lost, the grieving families
And the faith that used to pull him through, now so far out of reach

Took his life with a 45, left a note beside the bed
Said “I love you all, but I can’t stop these voices in my head
I thought I was so brave and strong, but
Now I find I can’t go on – please forgive me if you can
I tried to be a good man.”

Stand down, soldier, you were fighting much too long
Ten years back home, now the battle’s finally done
Set free from all your pain, laid to rest here in the ground
Stand down, soldier, stand down
Stand down, soldier, stand down