What Did You Do In The War, Dad? - Sonata Arctica

作词：Toni Kakko

作曲：Toni Kakko

Dad what did you

do in the war

Something to answer for

You say too young

I am to know

Dad I've heard you

cry at night

Mournful and desperate plight

Where did you learn

that song you sing

War is in me I was the war

And your prying brings

back the suffering

No please don't start to cry

I only pray you'll never know

Things I see every time

I close my eyes

Angels still have faces

What did you do in the war

dad tell me

Why can't you smile

when the children sing

Did the wages of war

cut your soaring wings

And your soul is now torn

unlike mine

Do you fear yesterday

will in someway

Define the life of your child

Dad I know what you

did in the war

Deeds devils would abhor

Did you fulfill the

oath you swore

Dad did you do it for me

Their blood for

my life to live

In the hollow without reprieve

without you

War is in me I am the war

Don't you force me to

live the nightmare again

( I'm sorry)

Please don't make me cry

My son you never ever

want to know

How when guarding your

sleep serene I hear

The silence of

the children who sang

Far and beyond the stars there's

A place where all the love

All the goodness we could

have still resides

But we choose life

away from the light

You can find ghosts of

loss in the gaze of your

Beautiful child