Rise and Fall Lyrics

I've seen the sunlight shining on the valley

I've seen the shadows darken on the deep

I've seen the young men riding out for glory

And broken in defeat



There was an hour that never knew a gloaming

The whole of life, enchanted in a day

And we'll be there, forever in the places

Where we used to be



Passing the hedgerows, moving through the orchards

Through the bocage and breaking out for Caen

Dealing fear and all our dices loaded

With the courage of the dawn



And some will rise and some will fall

To gain the world or lose it all

And that time was mine to hear you when you called



You were our youngest, brightest flower

Walking side by side through our darkest hour

And we'll take this cup, this portion evermore



I've seen the last wave breaking on the beaches

I've seen the angels crying on the wire

I've seen the first star up and brightly shining

Couldn't rise much higher



Now we're waiting here not getting older

But we can dream like we cannot believe

With all those fools, those great historic moments

That flatter to deceive



And some will come and some will go

To rise on wings in the skies of gold

Or to fall down to the final, silent cold



When I was young it burned so bright

The only son, a rising Christ

Now I'm left here in the fall out of that light



The rise and fall

The rise and fall

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