LYRICS

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GENTLE RAIN; ISN'T THAT ALWAYS THE WAY

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY?

PEOPLE WEAR BLACK, 

THEY HAND ME A FLAG, 

AND IN SO MANY WORDS, THEY ALL SAY:

“HE WAS COURAGEOUS, NOBLE, AND STRONG.

TAKEN SO YOUNG: HOW SAD AND HOW WRONG.

HE WAS THE HERO WE COULDN'T SAVE.

HE WAS A SOLDIER, NOW HE'S A MARTYR:

ONE OF THE BRAVE.”

 

DISTANT PLANE: TAKING YOU OVER THE SEA, 

OFF TO SAVE AND SET FREE.

AND THOUGH I KNEW YOU MIGHT NEVER RETURN, 

I BELIEVED YOU WOULD COME HOME TO ME.

HERE I AM SMILING THROUGH SORROW SO DEEP.

ABLE TO LAUGH, THOUGH UNABLE TO SLEEP.

AND I STAND PROUDLY HERE AT YOUR GRAVE.

I WAS YOUR WOMAN NOW I'M YOUR WIDOW:

NOW I'M THE BRAVE.

 

WEEKS PASS AND MONTHS PASS, AND NEVER A TEAR.

LIKE YOU FOUGHT ABROAD, SO I'M FIGHTING HERE.

THEN I READ A STORY WITH TYLER AND MADDIE.

THEY SAY, “DO THE VOICE!” I SAY, “GO AND ASK DADDY.”

THEIR FACES DROP, I DROP THE BOOK. 

I RUN FROM THE ROOM, CAN'T TAKE THEIR LOOK. 

AND I CRY AND I CRY AND I CRY

BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE THE BRAVE;

 

THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE A MOTHER WHO'D LOSE IT, 

A FATHER THEY'D LOSE. 

WE CAN'T PROTECT THEM, 

HOWEVER WE TRY. 

WE ARE JUST HUMAN;

WE HURT AND WE DIE.

THEY SHARE OUR HEARTACHE, KNOW WHAT YOU GAVE.

THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS.

THEY ARE THE BRAVE.