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LIGHTS AGLOW ON A DISTANT SHORE
LIGHTS AGLOW ON A DISTANT SHORE
(T. Beechey)
A young man gets his calling and is headed off to war
And,although he finds appalling just what the fighting's for
He knows he has a duty to the people he must save
And,as he laces up each boot,he's determined to be brave
A soldier's tears are never seen
But don't think that they're not shed
They only come in between
The fallen white and risen red
When all around is fast asleep
That's when the droplets pour
When thinking of the ones who keep
Lights aglow on a distant shore
A young woman's relocated to a strange and foreign land
Where she knows she'll be hated every time she lends a hand
But she has an obligation to the country which she serves
So,she goes into this nation upon a steeled bed of nerves
A soldier's tears are never seen
But don't think that they're not shed
They only come in between
The fallen white and risen red
When all around is fast asleep
That's when the droplets pour
When thinking of the ones who keep
Lights aglow on a distant shore
In amidst the throes of battle as the sky erupts in light
The ground,it seems to rattle with each motion in the fight
But the man and woman are as one even though they've yet to meet
They're here until their work is done and,till then,they'll face the heat
A soldier's tears are never seen
But don't think that they're not shed
They only come in between
The fallen white and risen red
When all around is fast asleep
That's when the droplets pour
When thinking of the ones who keep
Lights aglow on a distant shore
