Demons in My Shadows

Demons in my Shadows

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Demons in My Shadows is a heavy, heartfelt country story built around the quiet truth that some battles never end when the war does. This song follows a young man who left home for Vietnam full of hope and returned carrying memories that changed him forever. It explores the weight he brought back, the nights he could not sleep, and the love that helped him learn how to breathe again.

The track blends acoustic guitar with warm heavy bass, subtle percussion, and a low raspy vocal that carries both grit and vulnerability. Every verse walks through a different part of his journey, from the jungle heat and loss overseas to the fight inside himself when he came home. The chorus lifts the emotion each time, reminding us how trauma clings to a person, and how love can reach places nothing else can.

If you know someone who came home from war a different man, this song will feel familiar.
If you have watched a loved one fight their own memories, this story hits close.
If you understand how powerful it is for someone to stand beside a soldier through the darkest nights, this song is speaking to you.

Demons in My Shadows is not a war story as much as it is a human one. It honors the men who carried more than they could ever say, and the families who helped them find their way back when the world went quiet. It respects the scars, the silence, and the strength it takes to relearn peace after living through chaos.

Whether you are drawn in by the country sound, the emotional storytelling, or the truth behind every line, this song is meant to be felt. Close your eyes, hit play, and step into the shadows that shaped him.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I left my town on a mid-summer day 🌤️
A boy with dreams, they sent me away
To jungle skies and rivers so wide 🌧️
I walked through hell, couldn’t run, couldn’t hide

[Pre-Chorus]
I wrote my mama letters with shaky hands ✉️
Promised her one day I’d come home again
But the fire and the loss carved lines in me
Turned a small town kid into someone I couldn’t see

[Chorus]
There’s demons in my shadow, a war in my soul 👤🔥
A heart torn apart where the bullets took their toll
But love found me waiting, pulled me back from the fray ❤️
She’s the light in the dark that scares my ghosts away

[Verse 2]
Came home a stranger, my hands shook at night 🌙
The weight of the past robbed me of my fight
The bottle was my friend, the nightmares my kin
Secrets in the silence, a battle I couldn’t win

[Extended Verse]
The welcome-home cheers felt hollow and thin
They didn’t know the storm still raging within ⛈️
I’d stare at the ceiling till the sun broke through
Wondering how a kid survives what grown men couldn’t do

[Bridge]
She held my hand on those sleepless nights 🤝
Said, Baby, you’re more than the scars of the fight
Her warmth whispered softly, You’ll find your way
And piece by piece, she kept the dark at bay

[Verse 3]
She taught me to smile, how to live again 🙂
Gave me a reason to start and to mend
Her laughter’s my anchor, her touch my reprieve
She banished the demons I never believed

[Outro Verse]
Now when I feel that old war pull me under ⚔️
She reminds me I made it through fire and thunder
And though the past still shadows the man I became
Her love keeps me steady, and she calls me by name 💛

[Final Chorus]
There’s demons in my shadow, but I’m learning to stand 👤✨
With her steady heart and her gentle hand
Through the echoes of battle, she’s the peace that stayed
She’s the light in the dark that keeps my ghosts at bay

Artist Take

I wrote Demons in My Shadows because I wanted to give shape to a kind of pain that a lot of men from that generation were never allowed to talk about. My father in law was one of them. He left home as a young man with a sense of duty and a belief that he would come back to the same world he left. But Vietnam had its own way of leaving marks on people, and those marks stayed long after the uniform came off.

I never heard him sit down and explain every detail of what happened over there. Most of his generation did not. They carried it quietly, like a weight tucked into their pockets. You would see it in a shift of the eyes, a long stare into nothing, a night where sleep turned into a fight with memories. The world changed him, and he spent years learning how to live with the parts of himself that the war reshaped.

What has always stood out to me is the strength he showed without ever trying to be the center of a story. He worked, he loved his family, he did his best even on the days when the shadows followed him home. His wife stood by him through all of it, reminding him he was more than the moments that tried to break him. Their love was not dramatic or movie worthy. It was real, patient, and rooted in the idea that healing comes slowly, one small piece at a time.

This song is not meant to tell every part of his life or claim to understand what he lived through. It is simply a tribute to the man I have had the honor to know. A man who faced a war far away and another one inside himself. A man who kept showing up even when his past tried to steal the quiet moments. A man who learned how to let love and family soften the hurt he carried.

Demons in My Shadows is my way of saying that his story mattered. His struggle mattered. His strength mattered. And the light he found along the way mattered even more. This song is for him, for the people who loved him, and for every soldier who came home changed but still fought to reclaim their life.

Demons in my Shadows

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