In Memoriam - Devoción Guatemalteca & Fray Miguel Angel Murcia Muñoz

Well, it's a long way out to reach the sea But I'm sure I'll find you waiting there for me And by the time I'll blink, I'll see your wild arms swinging Just to meet me in the middle of the road And you'll hold me like you'll never let me go And beside the salty water, I could hold you close But you are far too beautiful to love me Well, it's a long climb up the dusty mountain To build a turret tall enough to keep you out But when you wage your wars against the one who adores you Then you'll never know the treasure that you're worth But I've never been a wealthy one before I got holes in my pockets burned by liars gold But I think I'm far too poor for you to want me It's been a long road, losing all I know You don't know what you got until you're gone And it's a nasty habit, spending all you have But if you're doing all the leaving, then it's never your love lost If you leave before the start, there was never love at all Heaven knows I'm prone to leave the only God I should've loved And yet you're far too beautiful to leave me

How constantly we think of you With hearts and eyes that fill The love in life we had for you In death grows stronger still Let the winds of time blow softly Bells toll for all to hear Gone but not forgotten Throughout the passing years

None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears In the line of duty Deep in harm's way Psychologically scarred The price you have paid Transition civilian life No one understands Unable to integrate No future, no plans Sleeping in doorways Living in the street Begging to strangers For coins so you can eat Most people don't look While others stare Society's rejected In a world that does not care None can see the horror I have seen None can feel this emptiness I feel The veteran None can hear the screams I hear None can wash away the blood and tears Lost all sense of meaning Reality surreal PTSD afflicted Wounds that never heal The veteran The veteran A message to the government Honor the military covenant