Forgotten Sons Lyrics - Marillion

Armalite, street lights, night sights 

Searching the roofs for a sniper, a viper, a fighter 

Death in the shadows he'll maim you, he'll wound you, he'll kill you 

For a long forgotten cause, on not so foreign shores 

Boys baptized in war, boys baptized in war 

Morphine, chill scream, bad dream 

Serving as numbers on dog tags, flak rags, sand bags 

Your girl has married your best friend, loves end, poison pen 

Your flesh will always creep, tossing turning sleep 

The wounds that burn so deep, burn so deep 

Your mother sits on the edge of the world 

When the cameras start to roll, 

Panoramic viewpoint resurrect the killing fold 

Your father drains another beer, he's one of the few that cares 

Crawling behind a Saracen's hull from the safety of his living room chair 

Forgotten sons, forgotten sons, forgotten sons 

And so as I patrol in the valley of the shadow of the Tricolor 

I must fear evil, for I am but mortal and mortals can only die 

Asking questions, pleading answers 

From the nameless faceless watchers 

That parade the carpeted corridors of Whitehall 

Who orders desecration, mutilation 

Verbal masturbation in the guarded bureaucratic wombs 

Minister, Minister care for your children 

Order them not into damnation 

To eliminate those who would trespass against you 

For whose is the kingdom, the power, the glory for ever and ever 

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen 

Halt who goes there 

Death 

Approach friend 

You're just another coffin, on its way down the Emerald Isle 

When your children's stony glances mourn 

Your death in a terrorist's smile 

The bomber's arm placing fiery gifts on the supermarket shelves 

Alley sings with shrapnel detonate a temporary hell 

Forgotten sons, forgotten sons 

From the dole queue to the regiment a profession in a flash 

But remember, Monday signings went from door to door you dash 

On the news a nation mourns you unknown soldier count the cost 

For a second you'll be famous but labeled posthumous 

Forgotten son, forgotten son, forgotten son, forgotten son 

They're still forgotten, they're still, still forgotten 

Peace on earth and mercy mild, Mother Brown has lost her child 

Just another forgotten son