the heroic in history

we go and we return and that is all
the day and journey must require
our words determine stand or fall
we go and we return and that is all

thinking to answer we heed the call
to turn our very souls into a fire
we go and we return and that is all
the day and journey must require

so we commemorate

we know the sacred names and when to cheer
all who parade seem warm and proud
the burden is just light enough to bear

what now we loathe was once dear
and drew the happy plaudits of the crowd
we know the names and when to cheer

the whole of us running from front to rear
knew well the field that we had freshly ploughed
the burden is just light enough to bear

we did not need the prophet and the seer
to list for us in what we were endowed
we know the sacred names and when to cheer

the journey's to be made in proper gear
we will march upright and will not be cowed
the burden is just light enough to bear

the face we show is never too severe
it never shows too angry or too proud
we know the sacred names and when to cheer
the burden is just light enough to bear