The Quiet Ones lyrics

Their voices do not boast

Nor broadcast of heroic feats

They are often silent, stoic

Within the world, but alone

Difficult to convey their qualm

Those who lived it, they know

So there is a parallel of living

As though a planet far off

A blank stare, a busy mind

Reconciling the vivid past

Set off by the stimuli of today

Its voice shouts out loudly

The honour to encounter vets

Those who survived the wars

Not Hollywood's stereotypes

Common souls bound by life

They were as you and I

In years passing, grandfathers

All, just like yours and mine

Once full of youth and hope

The quiet ones, they all are

They smile, enjoy life, faithfully

When somber they are there

Dedication, determination go on

For those who question it

There is a duty, an obligation

That surviving brings each one

Lest guilt looms in their demise

They look to see the setting sun

To account for a day lived full

For those who missed this day

Their memories on the horizon

Quiet ones do not understand

Being thanked for the slain

Old wounds, old pains again

Displaced, yet on the edge

They just want to be at home

As close as they can be to it

Even though it may be gone now

Some measure of humanity left

We are not timebombs, not at all

Ready to explode as has been said

The clear mission of freedom

Is engrained in our very souls

The quiet ones of silent respect

Let them live in peace, in freedom

The freedom of obligation's made

Citizens of duty unpretentious