Cerulean - Across

Across the years
All the tears
Always me and you
The stormy seas we weathered
And all the English weather
I remember seeing you
1940s, our smalltown's library
I saw you across the room
I wrote a letter to you
Delivered by my mother
She was a First World War medic
Now there's another
And it's calling me across the seas
They gave me a rifle
But I couldn't take a life
I could see behind
Across the lines
He's got a life, just like mine
So they put a cross
On my head
To tend to the wounded 
And carry the dead
I heard a voice, that said "Move"
Was it God? Or was it you?
I was the last Guardsman standing
From my Normandy landing
They sent me back
Across the seas, to that smalltown
Where you'd be, waiting for me 
Won't you wait for me?
They've moved you across the town now
I visit, but somehow
Your mind is somewhere new
Look at what we made, love:
Our grandson - our grandson
Is singing for you
The story of me and you
How you helped me make it through
The fire of their rifles
By my heart was my bible
In my hand was your hand
Reaching out from England
Across the clouds, across the shrouds
Across the ever after, through this disaster
Across the generations
Look what we've made on our island nation
Our grandson asks me how the story ends
I pass the story 
With all its dreams and glory
I pass it across to you
What will you do?

Written by:
Laurence Warner

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