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another song in my series of songs
about World War I


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REVERIE by Claude Debussy,
song lyrics by Joel Sattler:

WINTER 1914


winter
all the fields are now covered with snow
snow that hides the scars
below

winter
such a cold brutal
winter
from the old futile
autumn
when the battles were lost
or won
or come
undone

summer
we were ready and eager to go
to go save the world
rescue God from man
rescue heaven
from the lost fallen angels
but the war was illusion
just a mass of confusion
and fear

someday will spring
come again and the wildflowers will bring them
some kind of peace
over ground soaked in blood
where the mud and the pain
came down fire and rain
I can't bear it again
three more years

but I recall a golden time
when this girl told me that she was mine
promised she would always be waiting there for me
with the kiss she gave to me

hand in hand we walked into the garden
every day was magic
all we knew our love was never-ending
future beyond comprehending
all the while the world pretending
peace forever
war never come ever
happiness was
ours just for a time
just for a short time

winter
I know I'll never see her again
that was just a dream
I dreamt

winter
I'm condemned to the
winter
there's no end to the
winter
one more death in the
winter
one last breath and -

underneath this sheet of white
take me up into eternal night oh
Lord who lights the sky above
cover me with your undying
love....


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5QAKup4jxM


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