George Michael - The Grave (Hope, Warchild 2003) (Paroles / Lyrics)

The grave that they darkened
Had flowers gathered from the hillside

In bright summer colours
And the brown earth
Bleached white at the edge
Of his gravestone
He's gone

When the wars of our nation did beckon
A man barely twenty
Did answer the calling
Proud of the trust
That he placed in our nation
He's gone.

But eternity knows him
And it knows what we've done
And the rain fell like birds
On the leaves of the flowers
Leaving brown muddy clay
Where the earth had been dry

And deep in the trench
He waited for hours
As he held to his rifle
And prayed not to die

The silence of night
Was shattered by fire
It's guns and grenades
Blasted sharp through the air
One after another
His comrades were slaughtered
In a morgue of Marines
Alone standing there

He crouched ever lower ever lower
With fear
They can't let me die
They can't let me die here
I'll cover myself with the mud and the earth
I'll cover myself
I know I'm not brave
The earth, the earth, the earth
Is my grave

When the wars of our nation did beckon
A man barely twenty
Did answer the calling
Proud of the trust
That he placed in our nation
He's gone.