Lyrics breakdown

These are the lyrics to the song Gunslinger by Avenged Sevenfold. From the start to 0:30 its just talking, setting up the story. Once its at 0:30 the music video starts and so does the singing. This song is about war and how someone who's been and trained for it, cannot forget what happened or what they saw. The lyrics used in the song is constantly sticking to the original idea and is helping tell the story of one, if not all of the soldiers and their feelings. All the soldiers want to do is return home to their families ("It doesn't matter when i'm coming home to you"), appear strong for those around them and not show their fears that they have gained through such turmoil ("Never Let it show, the pain i've come to know"). Yet once the lyrics get to about 2:40, they change in mood slightly. They're no longer focused fully on returning but saying that they've proven themselves to each other  yet something happens to one of the soldiers stopping them from returning, and this can be seen in the lyrics through 3:43 onwards.