Up Here in Heaven
Eternal Reflections: Heroes, Loss, and Unity Up Here in Heaven
Lyrics
Up on the hill I see it begin
Observing the start of something significant from a vantage point
Marking the heroes where they fall
Memorializing the fallen heroes in a symbolic manner
In the stone, in the stone the names of those who have gone
Engraving the names of the departed in stone
And over the river, there is a place
Indicating a specific location across the river
Where they remember boys and men
Where the memories of men and boys are preserved
Widows talk, widows talk of all that they could have been
Referring to the regrets and unfulfilled potential expressed by widows
We can hear you, we can hear you whisper our names
Acknowledging that the departed can hear whispers of their names
We can see you, we can see you reading our names
Recognizing that the departed can see their names being read
Up here in heaven, we stand together
Describing unity among the departed in heaven
Both the enemy and the friend, 'till the end of time
Unity persists between former adversaries beyond earthly time
Up here in heaven, we are forever
Asserting eternal existence in heaven
There is only on God up here, for all of the world
Emphasizing a singular deity in heaven for the whole world
What of the children caught in the war
Concern for the impact of war on innocent children
How can we tell them what it's for
Questioning the purpose of war and how to explain it to children
When they cry, when they cry, are voices heard anymore?
Expressing doubt if the cries of children are heard amidst conflict
Are you listening, are you listening, men of the war?
Challenging the accountability of men engaged in war
There is nothing, there is nothing worth dying for
Denouncing the perceived lack of worth in causes worth dying for
Up here in heaven, we stand together
Reiterating the unity among departed individuals in heaven
Both the enemy and the friend, 'till the end of time
Continued unity even between former adversaries in heaven
Up here in heaven, we are forever
Asserting eternal existence in heaven
There is only one God up here, for all of the world
Reiterating the presence of a singular deity in heaven for everyone
There is only one God up here, the God of the world
Emphasizing the presence of a single God in heaven for the entire world
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