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Forgotten Sons
[ti:Forgotten Sons]
[ar:Marillion]
[al:Real To Reel]
[by:季风网-【http://www.ip21.cn】]
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Armalite street lights night sights
Searching the roofs for a sniper a viper a fighter
Death in the shadows he'll maim you
He'll wound you he'll kill you
For a long forgotten cause on not so foreign shores
Boys baptized in war boys baptized in war
Morphine chill scream bad dream
Serving as numbers on dog tags flak rags sand bags
Your girl has married your best friend
Loves end poison pen
Your flesh will always creep tossing turning sleep
The wounds that burn so deep burn so deep
Your mother sits on the edge of the world
When the cameras start to roll
Panoramic viewpoint resurrect the killing fold
Your father drains another beer
He's one of the few that cares
Crawling behind a Saracen's hull
From the safety of his living room chair
Forgotten sons forgotten sons forgotten sons
And so as I patrol in the valley
Of the shadow of the Tricolor
I must fear evil
For I am but mortal and mortals can only die
Asking questions pleading answers
From the nameless faceless watchers
That parade the carpeted corridors of Whitehall
Who orders desecration mutilation
Verbal masturbation
In the guarded bureaucratic wombs
Minister Minister care for your children
Order them not into damnation
To eliminate those who would trespass against you
For whose is the kingdom the power
The glory for ever and ever
Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen
Halt who goes there
Death
Approach friend
You're just another coffin
On its way down the Emerald Isle
When your children's stony glances mourn
Your death in a terrorist's smile
The bomber's arm placing fiery gifts
On the supermarket shelves
Alley sings with shrapnel detonate a temporary hell
Forgotten sons forgotten sons
From the dole queue
To the regiment a profession in a flash
But remember
Monday signings went from door
To door you dash
On the news a nation mourns you
Unknown soldier count the cost
For a second you'll be famous
But labeled posthumous
Forgotten son forgotten son
Forgotten son forgotten son
They're still forgotten they're still still forgotten
Peace on earth and mercy mild
Mother Brown has lost her child
Just another forgotten son