Lyrics

I Did Not Run Safely (The Sniper’s Song)

Written by Con Meehan
© 2016 Lightning Bird Records Ltd.
℗ 2016 Lightning Bird Records Ltd.
All rights reserved.

Friendly lines are behind us
We’re on our own now
The primary mission is recon and surveillance
Use the terrain
If you engage
High value targets only
One shot, one kill

At last I am no longer haunted by
The things that I have done
Or by the person I set myself
To become
Now I sleep more easily
Than I ever used to do
There are no more nightmares left
They have all come true

And I did not run safely
But I made it through
I did not run safely
I did what I could do
Use what you’re given
Use it best you can
Doesn’t matter what help you have

Mirror, mirror on the wall
How can you look at me
For all the things that I have done
The light of day will never see
I won’t compete for your love
I shouldn’t have to if it’s true
I told you what’s in my heart
And now it’s up to you.

And I did not run safely
But I made it through
I did not run safely
I did what I could do
Use what you’re given
Use it best you can
Doesn’t matter what help you have

The lines on my face know I ain’t never took a prisoner
It’s written there in blood
Run from me and you just died tired
In the dirt and the mud

And I did not run safely
But I made it through
I did not run safely
I did what I could do
Use what you’re given
Use it best you can
Doesn’t matter what help you have

I did not run safely
But I made it through
I did not run safely
I did what I could do
Use what you’re given
Use it best you can
Doesn’t matter what help you have

At last I am no longer haunted by
The things that I have done