I Wake Up Early (Thinking About the Enemy)

I wake up early I wake up at 4:45 I like to have that psychological win Over the enemy The Enemy When I wake up in the morning and I don't know why I'm thinking about The Enemy And what they're doing And I'm not active duty anymore But it's still in there That there's a guy That's in a cave Somewhere And he's walking back and forth And he's got a machine gun in one hand and a grenade in the other hand And he's waiting For me And we're gonna meet The Enemy The Enemy When I wake up in the morning and I don't know why I'm thinking about The Enemy And when I wake up in the morning Active I'm thinking to myself What can I do To be ready for that moment Which is coming Which is coming The part of the word that I've seen Is a very dark place It's a dark place That's what war is The Enemy The Enemy When I wake up in the morning and I don't know why I'm thinking about The Enemy When your job Which my job was Was to expand that darkness In many ways I mean War is about killing people And so for me When I look to someone that's successful It's someone That Brings some light Into that darkness That darkness The first people that come into my head Are Marc Lee Who was one of my guys First Seal killed in Iraq Mike Monsoor One of my guys Second Seal killed in Iraq Ryan Job One of my guys Wounded in Iraq Blinded in both eyes Made it home Married his high school sweetheart Got her pregnant Finished his college degree And after his 22nd surgery to repair the damage That was done to his head and face There were complications and he died as well But all of those guys In all of that darkness They did things They made a sacrifice That was completely selfless And to do that And to live And fight And die Like a warrior That to me is success And those guys Are my heroes