To Those Long Forgotten

Autumn comes again
Still I wait for his return
Day by day I pray
Please do come home, my son

Off he went to war
He felt by honour bound to go
For his king and god
He waved his home goodbye

Let all their names ring through the night
Those vanished sons lost to mankind
Tell loud their tales of woe and grief
And give their sacrifice meaning at last

Little did he know
Of pain, of guilt, of suffering
Laughing in death's face
The recklessness of youth

Though he might be gone
His time on earth might have run out
Still I do believe
His days outnumber mine

Let all their names ring through the night
Those misled sons lost to mankind
Tell loud their tales of woe and grief
And give their sacrifice meaning at last

Let all their names ring through the night
Those vanished sons lost to mankind
Tell loud their tales of woe and grief
And give their sacrifice meaning at last

Let all their names ring through the night