A Heavy Price to Pay


Please do not forget me
In your heart dont let me die
In years to come when you see our son
Dont break down and cry.

His smile it will be my smile
His kiss will be mine too
And when you're sad and lonely
He will hug you like I do

His laugh will be an echo of the fun we used to share
When tears run down his little cheeks
Tell him life's not fair
For if it was I would be with you
Instead I am lying here
With the smell of death
And screems of pain
Ringing in my ear.

My doctor is a young man
Without a young mans face
For all the horrors that he's seen
Are etched there in its place
Before this day is over he says I'll pass away
Deep in my chest two bullets rest
A heavy price to pay.

I thought I knew the reason
Why I went off to fight a war
Excitement, Fame and Glory
That's what I was fighting for.

Then the killing started
And I knew that I'd been caught
The sudden urge to run away
Was not what I was taught
The noise the shouts of terror
The smoke the fear the pain
I made a promise to myself
I hope its not in vain.

That if I made it through this hell
I would tell my son somehow
That death is not exciting
Killing isnt fame
And Glory is a word for fools
Who should hang their heads in shame.