Facing the Wall
1995 · USA
- Artist
- Susan Graham White
- Title
- Facing the Wall
- Release
- Rescue
- Year
- 1995
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Pop · Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Susan Graham White, a singer/songwriter, released the song "Facing the Wall"1 - this was recorded at the Lion & Fox Recording Studios in Washington D.C., USA. She released a few albums in the 1990s, before retiring from music to focus on her career as an equestrian rider, trainer, and judge, in Maryland, USA. She released some new material in the 2000s. Pete Kennedy featured on this album, playing electric guitar and bass on several tracks (he released his own Vietnam War song in 1987: 19 in Vietnam). The narrator recalled visiting the memorial wall in DC, finding her loved one: "I know the panel and the line to find your name again". She described the death as a "tragedy in Vietnam" and that it was "a war we'd never understand". This song featured on the 1992 compilation Songs of the Wall, above.Sources1Susan Graham White: About Susan↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Veterans Memorial Wall Songs
Susan Graham White, a singer/songwriter, released the song "Facing the Wall"1 - this was recorded at the Lion & Fox Recording Studios in Washington D.C., USA. She released a few albums in the 1990s, before retiring from music to focus on her career as an equestrian rider, trainer, and judge, in Maryland, USA. She released some new material in the 2000s. Pete Kennedy featured on this album, playing electric guitar and bass on several tracks (he released his own Vietnam War song in 1987: 19 in Vietnam). The narrator recalled visiting the memorial wall in DC, finding her loved one: "I know the panel and the line to find your name again". She described the death as a "tragedy in Vietnam" and that it was "a war we'd never understand". This song featured on the 1992 compilation Songs of the Wall, above. Sources1Susan Graham White: About Susan↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I knew my heart would leave me back to where the Wall begins / I know the panel and the line to find your name again / Another years gone, and your memory calls / I close my eyes and hear your voice each time I'm facing the Wall / I stand before the dreaded truth, your name is etched in stone / I touch my finger to the wound, your never coming home / But I'm keeping your dreams, I remember them all / I see your brave reflection here each time I'm facing the Wall / Where would you be today if there were battles won... / Lives to pay...a war we'd never understand / A tragedy in Vietnam / There's always someone standing here and staring at a name / And through a sea of faces the feelings are the same / When I return and the tears starts to fall / Leave them like a souvenir, each time I'm facing the wall