Lyrics
I have words I need to release
To my little boy, full of life, seeking peace
I'm thinking about my father today
Fixated on what he never could say
Somalia, 1993
Humanitarian crisis, bodies in the street
UN food convoys stripped by warlords in the heat
While hunger and chaos knew no relief
Two little boys back home on his mind
Two years and five left behind
A 24-year-old MP guides the line
Showing the new team roads through the grind
One day from rotation, almost homebound
Dad's Humvee rumbles through the town
Blinding thunder, no time to breathe
Twisting metal, fire and debris
Four soldiers never made it home
Four names surrendered to memory
Sundered forever to eternity
If I'm gone today, son
Don't let silence impede your path
Accomplish goals, seize purpose
Spare no evil your wrath
Plant the garden, sow the seed
Make your dreams all real
Help this broken world to heal
And forge a will of steel
In honor to a loss
I sing this song today
To Valhalla to peace
To memory and its decay
Any moment of this strife
We're one breath from the end of life
If I die tomorrow
My son, my family, my wife
I love you forever
This world is so desperately unfair
Lungs of polluted air, what do I leave my heir?
No chance, no prayer, I cajole and declare
Beware of despair, I swear
My passion and interest
Melancholia, anhedonia
Creeping closer, reaching catatonia
Drowning in monotonia
Just breathe, son
Just breathe
If I'm gone today, son
Don't let silence impede your path
Accomplish goals, seize purpose
Spare no evil your wrath
Plant the garden, sow the seed
Make your dreams all real