Arlington
I never thought that this is where I'd settle down,
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown,
They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men, for a job well done,
Soldiers live with pride. Fight with pride. Die with pride. You can't find a more proud person even if you searched the deepest- darkest- corners of the unknown universe. Thats while, when they die, they are given a special please to rest for all eternity. A place, that when someone walks by thousands of years from now, they will know the men buried in that plot of land died with honor and pride.
there's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
the man inside he cried the day they brought me home,
they folded up a flag and told my mom and dad, we're proud of your son
And most all you'll find in this plot of land, are men. Sons, brothers, fathers, husbands, uncles and even grandfathers. It's the men that die and the woman that cry. The men that were strong and the woman that must learn to live on. And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those things I've done,
I can rest in piece, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight,
This plot of land is reserved for those proud men who died protecting another. A fellow solider needed protection and one man gave his own life to protect another. Those men deserve more respect then any other. And that is why, when a man is buried here, it means more to the passerby then anything else.
we searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,
and when we finally found that cross,
he said, "son this is what it cost to keep us free" Now here I am,
a thousand stones away from him,
he recognized me on the first day I came in,
and it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.
Many men have fallen, and in their memory and legacy, their sons and grandsons follow in their foot steps and join up. Become proud soldiers who fight for their country. With pride and honor, they too live, fight and die. And selfless protection of another, gets them a reserved section amongst the great fallen heroes of the past. And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those things I've done,
I can rest in piece, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington
So the day a woman was buried in this plot of land, it was the woman who died, and the men who cried. The woman who was strong, and the man that now must learn to live on. Without his shield, without his protection. She is given the sacred location to rest in peace. and every time I hear twenty-one guns,
I know they brought another hero home to us
The sound of guns never sounded so foreign to her, then the day she heard them fired off nineteen times in her honor, and then one more in her memory. And when she looks back and sees the rain below the sunny skies, she knows her legacy will live on. In the lives of her friends, her husband and her children. The ones she died protecting. and we're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,
we can rest in peace, 'cause we are the chosen ones,
we made it to Arlington,
yea dust to dust,
don't cry for us...
And until she sees them again, they will never forget her. For that stone that hold her name, and that is placed carefully between other stones holding other names, is on a plot of land called Arlington. A plot of land reserved for those who died protecting a fellow solider. Who lived, fought and died proudly serving their country and fellow men.
we made it to Arlington Arlington... may you all rest in peace. Thank you.
A/N - I just had to be the first to use this perfect song for a FMA song fiction. I might change my format some other day, but right now, I just need to give my hands a break and begin looking for a new car since I totally totaled mine.
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