a fitting song for today.

[mopinko]

no man's land, aka the green fields of france.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

1. 🇺🇸🕊

[NotASurfer]

2. Songwriter Mary Gauthier workshopped songs with veterans, about their experiences

This one was written with a Navy veteran of Deseret storm, captures a nuanced picture of the faith & patriotism- and if you listen, cynicism about the unending cycle of war

And they thank me for my service and wave their little flags
They genuflect on Sundays and yes, they'd send us back
But I believe in God and country and in the angels up on high
And in heaven shining down on us through bullet holes in the sky

And this was written with an veteran disabled by a roadside bomb in Iraq, struggling with why he survived and the feeling that others should have instead

Looking back now, who the hell knows
Where the soul of a dead soldier goes
Guardian angels, maybe they're true
My guardian angel, maybe it's you

I shouldn't be here, you shouldn't be gone
But it's not up to me who dies and who carries on
I sit in my room, I close my eyes
Me and my guardian angel we're still on the ride