Remembering the Fallen

"I'm standing in the station,

I am waiting for a train,

To take me to the border,

And my loved one far away;

I watched a bunch of soldiers heading for the war,

I could hardly even bear to see them go;

Rolling through the countryside,

Tears are in my eyes,

We're coming to the borderline,

I'm ready with my lies,

And in the early morning rain, I see her there,

And I know I'll have to say goodbye again;

And it's breaking my heart, I know what I must do,

I hear my country call me, but I want to be with you,

I'm taking my side, one of us will lose,

Don't let go, I want to know

That you will wait for me until the day,

There's no borderline, no borderline;

Walking past the border guards,

Reaching for her hand,

Showing no emotion,

I want to break into a run,

But these are only boys, and I will never know

How men can see the wisdom in a war...

And it's breaking my heart, I know what I must do,

I hear my country call me, but I want to be with you,

I'm taking my side, one of us will lose,

Don't let go, I want to know

That you will wait for me until the day,

There's no borderline, no borderline,

No borderline, no borderline... "

~ Chris De Burgh's "Borderline"

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 arms

Through these fields of destruction

Baptisms of fire

I've witnessed your suffering

As the battles raged higher

And though they hurt me so bad

In the fear and alarm

You did not desert me

My brothers in arms

There's so many different words

So many different songs

We have just one world

But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hill

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

~ Dire Strait's "Brothers In Arms"

It's not always about me; I have not and will never forget. Much gratitude for fighting on my behalf. Peace be thine.