The Long Walk lyrics

First it's slow up the driveway

Two officiers voiceless, in tow

In pristine, unmarred uniforms

Come abruptly for fate's call

Then after crestfallen news

The deluge of tears flows down

Lamentations intensely seen

This family left in desolation

The long walk, a somber pace

In step, voiceless and shuffling

The caisson wheels rolling on

Toward that final destination

For a brief interlude, rites made

Great words noble and fleeting

They seem to vanish in the grave

The music dies away, taps fade

The last long walk in the wake

Each individual treads silently

Pondering the future quandaries

Taking too, account of the past

What life was, now is no more

The future altered all together

A loss that stole from so many

Gives less yet to so very few

The long walk is a hard road

To walk it again and again yet

To be accursed by hell in life

Hoping only for the final one