"Requiem (radio edit)" genre: Pop
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	an acoustic ballad with two voices telling a story in harmony
	CD: TBA   Label: independant Credits: Matthews/Monk
	Story Behind the Song This song was written as a simple vocal duet with acoustic backing and a sad tale. This recording captures that idea with a richness and complexity reflecting the subject matter. Lyrics There I left my heart On that empty beach We were children in the sand Just trying to take a stand And their gunners cut us down Before the dawn. When we reached the dunes We were far too few To make a difference to their line I was hit but you were fine From the ground I watched you charge And you were gone. In the morning light we felt the bullets fly We were deaf, we were blind We were running out of time To save our country Save our loved ones Save our newly taken brides With our newly given lives. Still the boats drew in On a crowded shore Young eyes flared as they took aim To toy soldiers war's a game But no one laughs When brothers don't return Here the blood flows fast In young men's veins And France just watched us fall Several thousand men in all I could hear the gunners laugh At our defeat. By the twilight stars I knew the time had passed We were dying, we were dead We were soaking sand blood-red We lost our country Doomed our loved ones Widowed wives we left behind But we never lost our pride.

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