SONG OF THE GONE lyrics

my son my son
what have you done?
you been gone for so long
I asked the Lord
to give me word
but nothing have I heard

o father did
you pray for me
beyond the deep blue sea?
I've sailed to far
and many lands
to find what's left of me

my son my son
why did you run?
why did you have to go?
I asked the Lord
for bread and sword
but nothing do I know

o father don't
you blame your tell
although there's no one else
did what I can
to be a man
at least to be myself

my son my son
have you become
the thing I always dread?
did you what for
to join the war
I rather would be dead

o father yes
I did survive
although barely alive
and now I sing
beyond the stars
the morning I arrive

o sing o sing
sing anything
but not the song of death
o bless me Lord
for I have sinned
to sing with my last breath

my son my son
will ever I
see you now here and when?
o father wait
beyond the grave
until meet again

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