Em                                   C
Hope the wound heals but it never does
                                G
That's cause you're at war with love
                   D
You're at war with love, yeah

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change
These battle
 
Em                       C
Never let a wound ruin me
                                G
But I feel like ruin's wooing me
                                              D
Arrow holes, they never close from Cupid on a shooting spree
                                                  Em
Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and me
                                          C
But when you're trying to beat the odds up
Been trying to keep your nods up
                                 G
And you know that you should know
And let her go
                           D
But the fear of the unknown
Hold another lover strong
                            Em
Sends you back into the zone
                                   C
With no Tom Hanks to bring you home
A lover not a fighter
                             G
On the front line with a poem,
Trying to write yourself a rifle
                        D
Maybe sharpen up a stone
To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone

               Em                          Em
I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched
                    C                      C
I wish that I could stop loving you so much
                   G
Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
                D
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
                       Em                       Em
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
                C
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
                     G                                           D
Cause it'll never be over (never be over) until you tell me it's over

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

Em                                C
You shouldn't have but you said it
                                         G
It shouldn't have happened but you let it
                                             D
Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
                                                        Em
The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses
                                                  C
Shields, body armors and vests don't properly work
                                          G
That's why you're in a locker full of hurt
                                                    D
The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
                                               Em
The best medicine's to probably just let it win

                  Em                      Em
I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
                    C
I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
                 G
And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
                D
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
                       Em                    Em
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
                C
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
                     G                            D
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

Em                      C
Cause you set me on fire
                              G
I've never felt so alive, yeah
                                       D
No, hoping wounds heal, but it never does
                                      Em
That's because you're at war with love
                                C
And I'm at the point of breaking
                                 G
And it's impossible to shake it (yeah)
                                               D
See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never does
                                  Em
That's cause you're at war with love
                                G
Hope it heals, but it never does
                                  D
That's cause you're at war with love!

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change

             Em                                  C
These battle scars don't look like they're fading
                                   G
Don't look like they're ever going away
                       D
They ain't never gonna change
These battle