《Flag of Hope》歌词

歌曲： Flag of Hope

所属专辑：Nights at the Chez

歌手： David Roth

时长： 06:44

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David roth flag of hope[00:00:10]

The year was 1944[00:00:12]

And I was 21[00:00:15]

A million miles from california[00:00:20]

Carrying a gun[00:00:26]

My country sent me overseas to battle the big red[00:00:30]

I found myself in burma with a helmet on my head[00:00:41]

The countryside near sittaung is serene and peaceful ground[00:00:54]

Where towering teak trees touch the sky and bamboo shoots abound[00:01:04]

But on this day in '44[00:01:14]

The sky was filled with fumes[00:01:19]

The landscape stained with mothers' sons in bare[00:01:24]

Unearthly tombs[00:01:31]

The victory was ours that day[00:01:43]

I scanned the start terrain[00:01:48]

A flash of color caught my eye across this fruitless plain[00:01:53]

I knelt to find a piece of cloth beneath a fallen gun[00:02:04]

I took it as a souvenir[00:02:14]

As if I'd ever need one[00:02:20]

The allied force prevailed and the war was winding down[00:02:25]

And still I had the souvenir I'd picked up off the ground[00:02:34]

The cloth turned out to be flag[00:02:44]

A silken rising sun[00:02:49]

I took it home to california when my tour was done[00:02:55]

I showed the flag to friends and family[00:03:15]

Proof of how I'd served[00:03:20]

I justified the japanese had got what they deserved[00:03:25]

But every time I took it out I felt a pang of guilt[00:03:35]

I thought of someone's growing boy[00:03:46]

Who'd grown up to be killed[00:03:51]

To wish a strong and young soul well in godforsaken lands[00:03:57]

I found a name and wondered if that's all that did survive[00:04:17]

And now koju muramatsu[00:04:27]

I've found out that you're alive[00:04:32]

I can't express the flood of thoughts that rivet through my head[00:04:40]

For forty years I thought the soldier of the flag was dead[00:04:50]

And now I've found out differently[00:05:00]

I can't tell you how I feel[00:05:05]

Today a souvenir of war became someone so real[00:05:11]

Though common threads that bind us all afford the greatest cost[00:05:24]

Regretfulness in retrospect won't make up for those lost[00:05:34]

I hope this finds you well and strong[00:05:47]

I pray you comprehend[00:05:52]

That somewhere in this twist of time there's a newly humbled man[00:05:58]

Your rising sun is shining bright in shimmering array[00:06:11]

Your flag of hope[00:06:22]

And love[00:06:25]

And light[00:06:26]

Returns to you this day[00:06:28]