Tuesday, January 10, 2006

One of the greatest songs ever

Man, everytime I hear this song, it gets me... I had it on the Ipod and after last week when I buried my cousin who served in Vietnam, he reminded me so much of my brother, who served with him. My brother is buried amongst the rolling hills of Jefferson Barracks. Mark Knopfler is a musical genius to be able to write words that effect people so much...

Brothers In Arms...
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arm
Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I've watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

1 comment:

Chicago Socialista said...

Randy, I'm so sorry about yet another loss in your family...it just don't seem right... *hugs*

Bonnie

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