Defeater - Blood In My Veins lyrics

Can you hear those birds sing? Means we're closer to shore Means we're closer to home Further from love and war Further from what made sense What we were born to do What kept the blood in our veins Keep my veins thin with booze Kept my hand on my gun And my gun by my side Kept the moon in my thoughts With the sun in my eyes Kept my head hanging long Kept my gun by my side My brother's name in my head And the tears from my eyes Kept the blood in my veins Kept the blood in my veins Brother's name in my head Kept the blood in my veins I've been praying for d**h For me and my friends So we'd never wake up To our lovers again Because every lover had lied When they said we'd be fine When they said in good faith They would sleep alone every night Hope to come home in one piece with our boys by our side Now we're ragged and the torn life the flags that we fly Like the ones we lay down On a coffin so clean See those eyes staring back where the boys used to be The boys we used to be Kept the blood in my veins (I re-read the postcards you sent, wish the truth was a lie) Kept the blood in my veins (The waves on the hull, throw your words off the side) Brother's name in my head (The slip takes the deed, dying back home) And the blood in my veins (I want to sing to the depths, with the letters you wrote) Kept the blood in my veins Kept the blood in my veins Brother's name in my head And the blood in my veins Kept the blood in my veins