Long Gone Lyrics

When she returned it was evening

But the darkness was in her mind

There were rooms but they were empty

There were walls but they were signed

With the pride of the invader

And the anger of the blind

With the pride of the invader

And the anger of the blind

But in the nursery lay her brother

Broken on the bloody floor

Killed for a name in the room where they played

Killed for nothing more

Than the cruel greed of the northern breed

And the lust of the dogs of war

Than the cruel greed of the northern breed

And the lust of the dogs of war

What had he said

What had he done

Did he cry, did he run

Did he call for his mother

In the face of a gun

In the face of a gun?

Into the silent beams of the twilight sun

She softly cried his name

Her childhood pride who took her side

Her figurehead through all the pain

So much to say when life was young

Only images remain

So much to say when life was young

Only images remain

She writes her letters every day

To friends and neighbours far away

No thoughts of home can pass her mind

With tears for what's been left behind

Close the door now, it's over

There's nothing left, just move on

The little queen in a family dream

Of a land of plenty now long gone

And all she fears is the passing years

And the face of men long gone

And all she fears in the passing years

Is the face of men long gone

What had he said

What had he done

Did he cry, did he run

Did he call for his mother

In the face of a gun

In the face of a gun?