Song about giving so much of yourself for the sake of love...you lose yourself in the process. A soldier's story. This one's for our soldiers.

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The conflict in Iraq inspired me to write this song. The "Love interest" is the country from which the troops are from. It is about giving your all to a cause until there is barely anything of you left. Becoming someone different to complete a mission...and forgeting who you were before you left.

You asked for all of me, and so it seems
That it’d be much too late, when we’d find what all of me would mean
See I’m that kind of man who’d go to war
Just to fight for things to bring back, to keep giving you more
Well maybe I’ve conquered all I’ve seen, if that means there’s nothing left to gain
Then that means there’s nothing left to give you, so I’ll never be the same
And as much as you need me to come back, I couldn’t begin to find my way
But even if I found home, I’m so changed, that you’d turn away

Maybe it’s just too long of a road
Maybe I’m just too far, far from home
I wanna get back to me and what I know
But maybe I’m just too far, too far gone

There’s so many things I’ve had to learn
Like how to live a life that wasn’t mine, and protect what I didn’t earn
And I’ve had to forget some things to make it through
Things like right from wrong, while all along, I invent the truth
Now I know it’s not right to place blame, and to say that it’s your fault is insane
But still I can find some peace if I point out that I did this all for you
Now if you can’t find honor in that, then there’s really no reason to come back
And that would mean I’d stay lost with no cause, and that won’t do

But maybe it’s just too long of a road
Maybe I’m just too far, far from home
I wanna get back to me and what I know
But maybe I’m just too far, too far gone
I say I’ve gone too far……!
(guitar solo)

every time I say I’m empty I keep finding more
And every time I keep on finding I keep giving more
Until my world comes crumbling down
It keeps on crumbling down
It keeps on crumbling down on me
every time I think you’re happy you need something else
But you can take it all from me until there’s nothing left
And then my world stops crumbling down
There’s nothing crumbling down

Maybe it’s just too long of a road
Maybe I’m just too far, far from home
I wanna get back to me and what I know
But maybe I’m just too far, too far gone (x2)