CD comes in a beautiful eco pack with a booklet intended to bring the listener on an emotional musical journey which includes lyrics to the songs as well as a written introduction explaining the energy behind the music.
* Also includes a commemorative lantern pin, a symbol of the song "Lanterns", meant to honour the veterans we have lost, and continue to lose, to suicide.
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When a soldier dies on the battlefield we fly our flags at half mast, we drive them down the “highway of heroes” and pass hundreds, if not thousands, of people showing their respect and saying goodbye. We name streets, bridges, ships and parks after them.
Yet when our country loses one of it’s heroes to the invisible wounds of war we are led to believe that this is something we do not talk about. We do not honour them. We simply let them disappear in the dark.
lyrics
The wind blows cold these first days of June
For a love that has left us too soon
Lanterns flicker then yield to the night
As a soldier is taking their life
They shall not grow old, commander will say
But we won't mention them on Remembrance day
It seems no one cares to honour the ones
We lose to the war once they’ve laid down their guns
Laid down their guns
One can't imagine to be so alone
In such times of need so far from home
Then being told you’re not fit to deploy
Souls cast aside like an old broken toy
They shall not grow old, commander will say
But we won't mention them on Remembrance day
For it seems no one cares to honour the ones
We lose to the war once they’ve laid down their guns
Laid down their guns
Left by the pack now forced to release
Eager for freedom but finding no peace
Rest now so foreign to those who have served
As they battle their homelands for what they deserve
They shall not grow old, commander will say
But we won't mention them on Remembrance day
For it seems no one cares to honour the ones
We lose to the war once they’ve laid down their guns
credits
from The Guardian Angel Platoon,
track released October 15, 2021
Written by Dennis MacKenzie and Dennis Ellsworth
Recorded By Adam Gallant at Hill sound studio
Mixed by Adam Gallant
Mastered by Brock Macfarlane at CPS Mastering
Artwork by Dennis Ellsworth
Pin Design by Aidan Searle
Dennis MacKenzie - Vocals
Dennis Ellsworth - Guitar, backup vocals
Sam Langille - Bass guitar
Josh Langille - Drums
Rowen Gallant - Violin
Meaghan Wilkie - Backup vocals
Adam Gallant - Backup vocals
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