And I don't know just what will rest of me

One single sheet of paper

All that's left for eternity

Came here for someone's freedom

Came across the sea to take the tyrants down

My heart is beating slower and slower

Ain't nothing left that can frighten me now

Last night I dreamed your sleeping arms around me

As the bombers rocked the sky

I know I came here for my country

It's what they say it's what they tell you when we die

Where is he now, your God of people

Left me shattered like a stone

And I'm so cold I'm so cold as I wait for the morning

That's going to take me home

Take me home

What's one more day when your eyes are cold

What's one more day when there's nothing left to hold

They're coming at us from the hilltop

They're coming at us from the town

And the tracers fly like shooting stars from heaven

Falling down, falling down

They're falling down, falling down all around

And I promised you I'd be there

When victory is won I'd be the one

Who'd be coming home

Where's the sense in all of this

If it leaves you all alone

Did I tell you that I couldn't live without you

Did I tell you that I've loved you since the day that I was born

And now I'm all torn and broken

And I'm so sorry my love

I know my time is here

And there's no place for my fear

And all I want is just to feel that you are near

And dry your tears dry your tears

And I can see them now raising the banner

It's a day of glory for all

And it all makes such good propaganda

Unless you're the one to fall

You can hold your head high my love

As they carry me home

Just a hero who wasn't so lucky but

One of the best that we've ever known

And you can see them raise the banner

A day of glory for us all

It's always such good propaganda

But some of us will have to fall

You can hold your head up high

As they carry me back home

Another hero on their shoulders

Another boy who died alone

I know my time is here

And there's no place for my fear any more

And all I want is just to feel that you are near to me

And dry your tears yeah I'll dry your tears

This is a soldier's story - I've no idea what part of my head this one came from suddenly.  It's a progressive rock tune; more of a musical movie than anything else, I guess.  I had the original idea for the first piano sequence five days ago, everything else flowed from that and I've done nothing else since but write, record, listen, mix, record again, mix again, and listen a lot more... 

I've just upgraded my Sonar to the Platinum version and this is the first tune I've done on it.  Some seriously impressive new tools, which I'm still learning to use.   I've tried to leave some of the vocals a bit raw, for the emotion, and with the differences in atmosphere during the song, mixing / compressing has been a challenge, but I think I'm getting there, slowly...  There are a couple of little glitches to iron out, but my impatience to share it has won the battle.

Thanks for listening!

Chris