Roy Harper - The Unknown Soldier


And I cry in my sleep For all the hungry children And the unbelieving sheep.

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

I am an old soldier
I've been in the wars
Backwards and forwards
Creeping on all fours


And I travel the pulses
Unseen and alone
Dogfights in the cosmos
Feeling the unknown

And I laugh in my sleep
Sitting in the gutter
Picking dogends from the deep

I am an old soldier
I see in your face
Times repeating
Uniforms in space

Looking forward to Doomsday
Telepathy wars
Dogma daydreams
Imaginary doors

And I laugh in my sleep
Sitting in the gutter
Picking dogends from the deep

But in the night a little boy is dreaming mysteries
And looking after laughter with his sister climbing trees
And somewhere there's a button and a silent satelite
And a bastard who would press it and an everlasting night
I'd hunt him like a tiger and I'd tear him to a shred
There's nowhere you can hide man
Me and the kids we'd feed you to the dead

And I cry in my sleep
For all the hungry children
And the unbelieving sheep.

Posted: Tue - February 7, 2006 at 11:30 AM          

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