Alterage - Shadows in The Doorway Lyrics

A homeless vet is all alone
As he walks down the empty street
The night is long and its getting cold
And he's white as a f*cking sheet
He sets up camp underneath a bridge
As he sleeps in a sleeping bag
He lights a fire, pulls out a pack
As he smokes a fag
The vet asked himself why will no one help
As he goes from border to border
This is how things are now so
Welcome to the new world order
He barely eats, he barely sleeps
Goes all night without no rest
He wakes up early, Struggling to breath
He's got a pain in his f*cking chest

He sits outside with a sign
As he begs for change
The public walks by with no sense of guilt
And they leave with no exchange
He goes to the store and looks around
And is thinking what to buy
Does he eat, Does he drink
Or does he go to get high
He picks up food and walks to the till
But the booze is staring him down
The thought is running around his brain
But he knows to turn it down
He leaves the shop with a bag full of food
As he walks around all alone
Nowhere to go, Nowhere to sleep and
No place to call home

As the homeless vet tries to sleep
He is dragged out of his tent
He is brutally beaten as the blood drips down
And is left on the side for dead
He wakes up in a bed with damage to his head
But is discharged and sent away
The world don't care if your in need
Cause we're just Shadows in the doorway
The government won't help the ones
Who served this country at war
They're too busy counting their money
As they're making more and more
The homeless vet walks around
As he wants to end it all
The world is gone, all hope is lost
Now the end makes its call