Shadowland

[Verse 1]

Behind a nation's blind salute

Behind "my country 'tis of thee"

Behind the pain that won't compute

Erase the memory of Shadowland

[Verse 2]

An open wound that never heals

A bone that never seems to set

A mind that thinks but never feels

The face we've never met from Shadowland

[Bridge]

They tell us time and time again

They only want a few good men

They lead us through the lion's den

To Shadowland

[Verse 3]

The world would just as soon forget

And watch the wreckage drift ashore

Ten years reduced to one regret

The baggage of war from Shadowland

[Verse 4]

Don't ask us how our names were lost

Our nation did a sleight of hand

We never saw the line we crossed

That took us into Shadowland

[Bridge]

They tell us time and time again

They only want a few good men

They lead us through the lion's den

To Shadowland

[Verse 5]

The son will reap what fathers sow

But mothers have to hear the sound

Of the last breath of the boy next door

Whose life has ended

[Outro]

Shadowland, Shadowland

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Shadowland, Shadowland

Shadowland, Shadowland

Shadowland, Shadowland

Shadowland, Shadowland

Shadowland, Shadowland

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