When an angel brings you home There's no time to prepare We'll gather all that life has shown In split seconds of a stare Each moment of our history Will flash by with lightning speed And not just for the glory be Or our noblest of deeds Even all we sacrificed Will gracefully be judged We ultimately must pay a price To everyone we've loved Just to make a place for them So they stand at our side Leaving not one trace of sin In the tears that they will cry When an Angel brings me home On wings that's spread so wide Watch the flares drop as I'm flown Burn halfway across the sky
To the men and women of our armed forces who so willingly gave their lives for the freedom the rest of us enjoy , for the privilege of being one nation, for the cause of the greater good, for defending the less fortunate and the weak, and finally for standing up for humanity we salute you.