United By the Wall
1992 · Not On Label · USA
- Artist
- Jonathan Edwards
- Title
- United By the Wall
- Release
- United by the Wall
- Year
- 1992
- Label
- Not On Label
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
The song "United by the Wall" by Jonathan Edwards, a singer/songwriter, country artist, born 28 July 1946 in Aitkin, Minnesota, USA. He released some successful album in the 1970s, such as Jonathan Edwards (1971) and Honky-Tonk Stardust Cowboy (1972). He released around 20 albums. His website said: "he was of an age to be sent against his will to southeast Asia to become a soldier. He had a different idea. Songs and the need to write them".12 In the song, the narrator said that his brother faced a difficult choice when drafted: "should I fight or run". He went to war to make his father proud, but was K.I.A. His mother cried that in war "only the young ones die". The narrator is then at the Wall in D.C. to remember those that died.Sources1idesigngraphics.com: Video jonathan edwards releases tribute for veterans day↩2jonathanedwards.net (archived copy)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Veterans Memorial Wall Songs
The song "United by the Wall" by Jonathan Edwards, a singer/songwriter, country artist, born 28 July 1946 in Aitkin, Minnesota, USA. He released some successful album in the 1970s, such as Jonathan Edwards (1971) and Honky-Tonk Stardust Cowboy (1972). He released around 20 albums. His website said: "he was of an age to be sent against his will to southeast Asia to become a soldier. He had a different idea. Songs and the need to write them".12 In the song, the narrator said that his brother faced a difficult choice when drafted: "should I fight or run". He went to war to make his father proud, but was K.I.A. His mother cried that in war "only the young ones die". The narrator is then at the Wall in D.C. to remember those that died. Sources1idesigngraphics.com: Video jonathan edwards releases tribute for veterans day↩2jonathanedwards.net (archived copy)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: And the war was raging loud and it burned inside our soul / American the beautiful divided by the wall / Everybody I know fights a war in their own way / But would the choices we made back then be the same / My brother said should I fight or run / And he searched inside his heart, no matter what the answer was / Our lives were torn apart / My brother went away to make our father proud / When he didn't come back our mother cried out loud / She said war is fought by all of us / But only the young ones die / And leave us here to see ourselves and touch the wall and cry / And the war was raging loud... / A wall of separation ,a wall of black and rage / And memories and roses and children come to pray / Chiseled in stone, our brothers and sisters names / I hope something has changed and they didn't give their live in vain / People say the sun will shine again, and time united us all / Please god let us walk on from the shadow of the wall / And the war is raging loud / Now we stand here one and all, American the beautiful
About the artist
American singer-songwriter, born 28 July 1946 in Aitkin, Minnesota ('Sunshine'). [Source: Wikipedia]