My father taught me home is where the herd is So I built a fortress where I lived alone He said ships were never meant to have a harbor So I've worn this armor, I've fought and flown I was raised a soldier, put my weapons down to hold you Is a kiss an act of war? I just tried to keep you warm even though I couldn't stay No, you never looked away, now I can't look away Would you meet me in the middle? Could we both stop keeping score? There's a battle I must fight alone, it's you I'm fighting for If I call off the battalion, break my walls down stone by stone Tear down my defenses, I could build your heart a home And if I did, would you come home? Together we could quiet all the noises, drown out the voices, play our own song Boys becoming men under the desert sky, but something dark inside said it was wrong I was raised a soldier, put my weapons down to hold you Is a kiss an act of war? I just tried to keep you warm even though I couldn't stay No, you never looked away, now I won't look away Would you meet me in the middle? Could we both stop keeping score? There's a battle I must fight alone, it's you I'm fighting for If I call off the battalion, break my walls down stone by stone Tear down my defenses, I could build your heart a home And if I did, would you come home? Lost to find my father's shroud no buried beneath my skin But I've begun to heal in all the places it has happened Would you meet me in the middle? Could we both stop keeping score? There's a battle I must fight alone, it's you I'm fighting for If I call off the battalion, break my walls down stone by stone Tear down my defenses, I could build your heart a home And if I did, would you come home? I wish I found the words when we were seventeen You were the best of me, you are the best of me