The Loser lyrics

Vanquished in battle

Though a dedicated soldier

His army sent up the white flag

Mercy requested in war's wane

To lose buddies is a sad shame

That is the undone legacy of battle

Days lived in battle are years in life

They follow you home unwanted

No one sings the praises aloud

To those defeated causes lost

Once full of slogans and vigor

Now entombed in silent rubble

The shock of war is not the front

It is the destruction of the rear

For what mandate did not destroy

The enemy laid waste to it all

Loved ones forced to camps

Forced to labor, to perish

There is no room for justice

For those noncombatants near

All that was is now gone

All that was grand and wonderful

Now reduced to dust and savagery

The cost of war so very high

There is no respite for the lost

The winners write history's truths

All but to survive a conflict lifelong

In a war ongoing, and we're wrong