scattered ashes on the wind carried on a prayer I'm standing atop this hill above the ocean blue swept out of sight you're still in my mind
along this flowing field where tombstones grace the hills twenty one guns shatter the silence
weary sailor the time is at hand lay to rest at sea and land weary sailor the time is at hand
how the time passed with the winter in out midst I feel it I taste it, oh I taste it on the wind neath a blackened sky under a mist of rain I come to you to help ease the pain
I'll kneel down beside you on the frigid earth and we will speak I'll promise you with frostbitten words I will return
it's been so long oh so long and I'll keep my word it's been so long oh so long I will return it's been so long oh so long I kept my word one year has passed
yes I have kept my word I have returned now take these roses my gift to you and listen close
promise you're not ashamed of what is going on the children are mad they feast on misery
promise you're not ashamed of what's going on the children are mad they feast on their own
flesh and blood on their own flesh and blood on their own flesh and blood on their own flesh and blood
swept out of sight you're still in my mind swept out of sight you're still in my mind swept out of sight you're still in my mind
lay to rest your weary soul lay to rest your weary soul.