《Battle Hymns》歌词

歌曲： Battle Hymns

所属专辑：Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran

歌手： The Nightwatchman

时长： 04:31

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Battle Hymns - The Nightwatchman[00:00:00]

Battle hymns for the broken[00:00:00]

Battle hymns for the misled[00:00:03]

Battle hymns for the wretched[00:00:07]

The forgotten and the dead[00:00:10]

Battle hymns of redemption[00:00:13]

Of solidarity and pride[00:00:16]

Battle hymns we will be singing[00:00:19]

At the turning of the tide[00:00:22]

Can you explain to the mothers[00:00:38]

And the fathers of those[00:00:41]

Who come riding home in coffins[00:00:44]

In their military clothes[00:00:47]

Shiny medals pinned[00:00:50]

To their dead teenage chests[00:00:52]

While the trumpets blare[00:00:55]

And you lie your best[00:00:58]

So ask all you want[00:01:01]

From the dusk til the dawn[00:01:04]

The answer's still no[00:01:07]

Cause brother I'm gone[00:01:10]

Battle hymns for the broken[00:01:13]

Battle hymns for the misled[00:01:16]

Battle hymns for the wretched[00:01:19]

The forgotten and the dead[00:01:22]

Battle hymns of redemption[00:01:24]

Of solidarity and pride[00:01:27]

Battle hymns we will be singing[00:01:31]

At the turning of the tide[00:01:33]

Can you explain away the sleight of hand[00:01:42]

And the criminality[00:01:45]

Of spending souls for oil[00:01:48]

Well in the mirror I can see[00:01:51]

I am the path that leads down[00:01:54]

I am a dark and bloody hall[00:01:56]

I'm the reaper executioner[00:02:00]

Hangman judge and the law[00:02:02]

So tie a yellow ribbon[00:02:05]

Round the oak tree on the lawn[00:02:08]

But the cavalry's not comin'[00:02:11]

Cause brother they're gone[00:02:14]

Battle hymns for the broken[00:02:16]

Battle hymns for the misled[00:02:19]

Battle hymns for the wretched[00:02:22]

The forgotten and the dead[00:02:25]

Battle hymns of redemption[00:02:28]

Of solidarity and pride[00:02:31]

Battle hymns we will be singing[00:02:34]

At the turning of the tide[00:02:37]

So I'm sharpening my shovel[00:02:45]

I'm firing the kiln[00:02:48]

I'm blind and I am purposeful[00:02:51]

A martyr on the hill[00:02:54]

The dream you might be dreaming[00:02:57]

Might be someone else's dream tonight[00:02:59]

I'm the whisperer of misgivings[00:03:03]

I'm the fading tail light[00:03:05]

I'm the call for retribution[00:03:08]

From the back of the smoke filled hall[00:03:11]

I'm the vow of bitterness[00:03:14]

I'm the poison in the well[00:03:16]

I've a photographic memory[00:03:19]

Of the deeds I will avenge[00:03:22]

I'm the cold in the river hollow[00:03:25]

I've a hatpin I've a plan[00:03:27]

I don't care of cause or consequence[00:03:30]

Head shaved and body lean[00:03:33]

I'm the go-getter the score settler[00:03:35]

I'm the shadow on the green[00:03:38]

There's a flock of blackbirds flying[00:03:41]

Nearly ten thousand strong[00:03:43]

Who set off this morning[00:03:47]

And brother they're gone[00:03:49]

Battle hymns for the broken[00:03:52]

Battle hymns for the misled[00:03:55]

Battle hymns for the wretched[00:03:58]

The forgotten for the dead[00:04:01]

Battle hymns of redemption[00:04:03]

Of solidarity and pride[00:04:06]

Battle hymns we will be singing[00:04:09]

At the turning of the tide[00:04:12]